Before Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Before Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| Tanzania | 134 | 1:395,087 | 28,090 |
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Before (605) may also be a first name.
Before Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Before Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Before (Russian: Бефоре) is most common in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Before? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 418,171st most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name Before occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Before are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 339,798th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 605 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Before Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Before in the Russian language | ||
| Бефоре | before | - |
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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 Before
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