Bef Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Bef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Bef (63) may also be a first name.
Bef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bef (Russian: Беф) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bef is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Bef are found; 52 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 52 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bef is also the 1,234,572nd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 63 people.
The last name Bef is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Madang, where 64 percent live, Central, where 29 percent live and Western Highlands, where 7 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 21 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beuf | 86 | 625 | / |
| Befe | 86 | 468 | / |
| Beff | 86 | 257 | / |
| Bief | 86 | 53 | / |
| Beef | 86 | 13 | / |
| Beaf | 86 | 11 | / |
| Befs | 86 | 6 | / |
| Beft | 86 | 6 | / |
| Beif | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bedf | 86 | 3 | / |
| Betf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bejf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Befp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bevf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hbef | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bepf | 86 | 0 | / |
| Beffe | 75 | 18 | / |
| Beife | 75 | 15 | / |
| Bieff | 75 | 7 | / |
| Beefe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bedff | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beefs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Befft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beifz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Befht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bheff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beasf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beaft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beaff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beuff | 75 | 0 | / |
| Beiff | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bew | 67 | 3,726 | / |
| Beb | 67 | 989 | / |
| Bif | 67 | 532 | / |
| Bev | 67 | 94 | / |
| Wef | 67 | 65 | / |
| Bäf | 67 | 26 | / |
| Vef | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bjf | 67 | 7 | / |
| Byf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Betfch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beitft | 67 | 1 | / |
Bef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bef in the Russian language | ||
| Беф | bef | - |
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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
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- 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 Bef
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