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 surname Beggum (Hindi: बेगम, Oriya: େବଗମ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Beggum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beggum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,079,669th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Beggum are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Beggum is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 3,518,649. In India Beggum is most numerous in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 50 percent live, Odisha, where 18 percent live and Assam, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.
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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