Befas Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Befas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Befas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece471:235,74036,293
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Befas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Befas Come From? nationality or country of origin

Befas is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Befas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Befas is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Befas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Befas reside; 81 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

It is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 235,740. In Greece Befas is most prevalent in: Thessaly, where 57 percent are found, Attica, where 32 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Greece Befas occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Befays9138/
Befa89414/
Beafays831/
Beifash831/
Beffa802,128/
Bafas80521/
Biefa8068/
Befay8038/
Beifa8015/
Bevfa809/
Befai806/
Beefa805/
Befah803/
Beafa803/
Beyfa802/
Vefas801/
Byfas801/
Besfa801/
Befat801/
Befau801/
Besfat731,932/
Befahy7391/
Beifos7364/
Befayt7331/
Beffay7311/
Baafas733/
Bafash733/
Biefah732/
Béfays732/
Behfah731/
Bhafas731/
Bofais731/
Baffas731/
Beface731/
Boffas731/
Beffoa731/
Biffas730/
Bifa671,634/
Vefa67420/
Befo67147/
Bifashe675/
Beafait672/
Beavfay671/
Bedface671/
Beefeea671/
Befà671/
Vefhaus671/
Bedfath670/

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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 Befas
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