Bedouin Surname
Approximately 1,140 people bear this surname
Bedouin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 553 | 1:120,113 | 18,160 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Iran | 75 | 1:1,023,767 | 46,913 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Bédouin (10) are calculated separately.
Bedouin (832) may also be a first name.
Bedouin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedouin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bedouin (Arabic: بدويا) has its highest incidence in France. It may occur as: Bédouin. Click here for further potential spellings of Bedouin.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedouin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 326,114th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,392,584 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Bedouin live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 283,108th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 832 people.
The surname Bedouin is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 120,113. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 22 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent reside and Brittany, where 14 percent reside. Aside from France it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 43 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedouin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedouin in the Arabic language | ||
| بدويا | bdwya | - |
| بدوين | bdwyn | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bedouin
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