Befayt Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Befayt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Béfayt (3) are calculated separately.
Befayt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befayt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Befayt is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Béfayt. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Befayt? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Befayt live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 396,436. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 97 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and Spain, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béfayt | 94 | 3 | / |
| Befay | 91 | 38 | / |
| Befat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Besfat | 83 | 1,932 | / |
| Befahy | 83 | 91 | / |
| Befays | 83 | 38 | / |
| Befath | 83 | 28 | / |
| Beffay | 83 | 11 | / |
| Befaya | 83 | 10 | / |
| Befa | 80 | 414 | / |
| Befy | 80 | 11 | / |
| Beafait | 77 | 2 | / |
| Beavfay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beefaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Biefait | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beafays | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bedfath | 77 | 0 | / |
| Beffa | 73 | 2,128 | / |
| Beffy | 73 | 202 | / |
| Biefa | 73 | 68 | / |
| Befas | 73 | 58 | / |
| Beifa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Bafat | 73 | 10 | / |
| Bevfa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Befai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Beefa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Befoy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Beafa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Befah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Beyfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bifay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Befit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Befet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vefay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beefy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Befau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Béfay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Besfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bifat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beffeyte | 71 | 62 | / |
| Befiyo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Bifaye | 67 | 22 | / |
| Befete | 67 | 22 | / |
| Baffat | 67 | 8 | / |
| Befiya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bifayi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Béfahy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Beffet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bafath | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beefye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beufet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bafhat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beffey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Béfays | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhafat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Biefah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beefet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beafoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beffoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bephat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beffit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behfah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafayd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyfay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beffys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boffat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayfay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beuffy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Befayt
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