Begame Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Begame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 149 | 1:5,148,090 | 127,785 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Begame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Begame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻡ, Hindi: बेगम, Oriya: େବଗମ) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Begame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,385,851st most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname Begame is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Begame live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 5,148,090. In India it is primarily found in: Pondicherry, where 80 percent reside, Assam, where 10 percent reside and Bihar, where 3 percent reside. Aside from India this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Begame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Begame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻡ | bjam | - |
| Begame in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगम | begama | - |
| Begame in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗମ | ebagama | - |
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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 Begame
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