Befna Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Befna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Befna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Befna (Hindi: बेफना) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Befna? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Befna live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Befna is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent are found, Telangana, where 30 percent are found and West Bengal, where 30 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Befna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Befna in the Hindi language | ||
| बेफना | bephana | - |
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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 Befna
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