Beggum Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Beggum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 218 | 1:3,518,649 | 99,858 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Beggum (15) may also be a first name.
Beggum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beggum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beggum (Hindi: बेगम, Oriya: େବଗମ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beggum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Beggum is the 1,079,669th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Beggum live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 3,518,649. In India it is primarily found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 50 percent are found, Odisha, where 18 percent are found and Assam, where 18 percent are found. Excluding India it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 3 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beggum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beggum in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगम | begama | - |
| Beggum in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗମ | ebagama | 84.21 |
| େବଗମ୍ | ebagam | 15.79 |
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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 Beggum
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