Begah Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Begah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 284 | 1:136,027 | 18,438 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Begah (37) may also be a first name.
Begah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Begah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﻩ, Hindi: बेगह, Marathi: बेग) is found most in Algeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Begah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Begah is the 773,729th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Begah reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb. Begah is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 37 people.
This last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 136,027. In Algeria it is most common in: Béjaïa Province, where 100 percent reside and Jijel Province, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Algeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Mauritania, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Begah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Begah in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगह | begaha | - |
| Begah in the Marathi language | ||
| बेग | bega | - |
| Begah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﻩ | bkah | 75 |
| ﺑﻘﺎﻩ | bqah | 16.67 |
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 8.33 |
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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 Begah
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