Begm Surname

10,598th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53,013 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Begm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Begm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India52,5361:14,6011,199
Pakistan4571:390,9067,429
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
England41:13,929,515290,718
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Begm (929) may also be a first name.

Begm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Begm Come From? nationality or country of origin

Begm (Hindi: बेगम, Marathi: बेगम, Oriya: େବଗମ୍) is found most frequently in India. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Begm? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,598th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 137,467 people. Begm occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Begm live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Begm is also the 265,401st most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 929 people.

The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 52,536 people, or 1 in 14,601. In India it is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 95 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 3 percent are found and Bihar, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beugm89788/
Beegm89160/
Beagm89132/
Beghm8966/
Begme8927/
Baegm8922/
Beigm8914/
Bhegm899/
Begmm892/
Beygm891/
Beggm891/
Biegm891/
Beegmh8040/
Beagem8017/
Begeem8014/
Beegem804/
Beigem803/
Beighm802/
Beegmm801/
Beeghm801/
Vegm756,793/
Bagm75239/
Bigm7536/
Bogm753/
Bygm751/
Wegm751/
Begmova735/
Beaghme731/
Baigm67611/
Baghm67110/
Bhagm6710/
Bigme677/
Biggm673/
Baggm673/
Bighm673/
Buigm671/
Bygem671/
Byghm671/
Baygm671/
Boggm671/
Bikgm671/

Begm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Begm in the Hindi language
बेगमbegama97.43
बेग्मbegma0.28
बेगbega0.02
बेगम्begam0.01
Begm in the Marathi language
बेगमbegama90.91
बेग़मbegama9.09
Begm in the Oriya language
େବଗମ୍ebagam60
େବଗମebagama20
େବଗ୍ebag20

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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 Begm
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