Bege Surname
Approximately 5,823 people bear this surname
Bege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 3,339 | 1:22,996 | 2,903 |
| Nigeria | 656 | 1:270,035 | 15,388 |
| Kenya | 297 | 1:155,488 | 12,325 |
| Romania | 286 | 1:70,202 | 8,386 |
| France | 206 | 1:322,440 | 48,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 170 | 1:47,963 | 5,967 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| Turkey | 100 | 1:778,214 | 38,497 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Israel | 85 | 1:100,678 | 11,575 |
| Brazil | 69 | 1:3,102,527 | 89,979 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Hungary | 57 | 1:172,215 | 15,080 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Bège (12), Begê (1) & Bégé (7) are calculated separately.
Bege (4,008) may also be a first name.
Bege Demographics
Average Bege Salary in
United States
$47,228 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bege (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺞ, Hindi: बेगे, Marathi: बेग, Oriya: େବେଗ) is found most in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bège, Begê or Bégé. For other potential spellings of Bege click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bege? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 83,129th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,251,511 people. The last name Bege occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Bege live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 110,299th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 4,008 people.
The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 3,339 people, or 1 in 22,996. In Iran it is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 36 percent reside, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 16 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 7 percent reside. Besides Iran this surname exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Bege Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bege has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bege surname grew 431 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bege last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Bege surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Bege earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.45% more than the national average, earning $47,228 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bege in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगे | bege | 88.89 |
| बेग | bega | 11.11 |
| Bege in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେଗ | ebega | 87.5 |
| େବଗ | ebaga | 12.5 |
| Bege in the Marathi language | ||
| बेग | bega | 66.67 |
| बेगे | bege | 33.33 |
| Bege in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 50 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 50 |
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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 Bege
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