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) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Before.
How Common Is The Last Name Before? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 418,171st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The surname Before is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Before reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 339,798th most widespread first name globally, borne by 605 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Beside Malawi Before is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
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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