Befor Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Liberia

Befor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Befor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Befor Last Name Facts

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

Befor is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Befor? popularity and diffusion

Befor is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 36 percent of Befor reside; 27 percent reside in North America and 27 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 7,814,915. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Taiwan this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Befort911,356/
Before91831/
Beford91189/
Besfor9115/
Beforh917/
Bedfor916/
Befour915/
Befoor912/
Betfor912/
Beufor911/
Beefor911/
Bedford8333,955/
Beffort83411/
Besford83393/
Beafore8386/
Betfort8380/
Beyfort8365/
Beforth8362/
Befford8348/
Betford8337/
Beifort8334/
Bedfort8334/
Beaford8312/
Beafort834/
Befoure833/
Bedfore832/
Besfort832/
Beeford831/
Beffore831/
Bedffor831/
Bejfort831/
Besfore831/
Beuffor831/
Beefort830/
Beiffor830/
Befordt830/
Beyford830/
Bafor80210/
Bifor8032/
Wefor8025/
Bofor8018/
Befar804/
Byfor801/
Befur801/
Beeforth77254/
Bedforth7778/
Bessford7772/
Beifordt7713/
Bethfort7712/
Beadford775/
Beddford775/
Bechford772/
Beetford771/
Betfford771/
Bethford771/
Beedford771/
Besforth770/
Bedfford770/
Byford734,662/
Behfar731,209/
Vefour73218/
Befurt73157/
Befart7391/
Befard7321/
Weefor7315/
Biford7314/
Béfort7314/
Buifor7310/
Bofour739/
Bajfor737/
Wefort734/
Bifore733/
Baffor733/
Beufar732/
Biofor732/
Bihfor732/
Befare732/
Bafoor732/
Befure731/
Bisfor731/
Boifor731/
Bifort731/
Bafuor731/
Befarh731/
Beffar730/
Bedfar730/
Biefar730/
Beachford712/
Bayford671,455/
Baffuor67278/
Beffart67277/
Weiford67276/
Bifford6785/
Bajfore6741/
Beffare6719/
Boifore678/
Bisfort678/
Baifour673/
Boifort673/
Bidford672/
Vedford672/
Byforrd672/
Buyford671/
Bowfour671/
Beffard671/
Bitford671/
Beufeur671/
Wheford671/
Vehfort671/
Weefore671/
Beitfar671/
Beifard671/
Beyfard671/
Baffoor671/
Bahfour671/
Vetford670/
Hueford670/
Baiford670/
Bisford670/
Weaford670/
Buiford670/
Weforth670/
Weifort670/
Biffort670/

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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 Befor
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