Bef Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

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

The last name Bef (Russian: Беф) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bef is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Bef live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held first name globally, borne by 63 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Bef is most common in: Madang, where 64 percent are found, Central, where 29 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 7 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beuf86625/
Befe86468/
Beff86257/
Bief8653/
Beef8613/
Beaf8611/
Befs866/
Beft866/
Beif864/
Bedf863/
Betf861/
Bejf861/
Befp861/
Bevf861/
Hbef861/
Bepf860/
Beffe7518/
Beife7515/
Bieff757/
Beefe755/
Bedff754/
Beefs752/
Befft751/
Beifz751/
Befht751/
Bheff751/
Beasf751/
Beaft751/
Beaff751/
Beuff750/
Beiff750/
Bew673,726/
Beb67989/
Bif67532/
Bev6794/
Wef6765/
Bäf6726/
Vef6718/
Bjf677/
Byf676/
Uef672/
Betfch672/
Beitft671/

Bef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bef in the Russian language
Бефbef-

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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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