Begnan Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Begnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 112 | 1:205,993 | 8,732 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Begnan (475) may also be a first name.
Begnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Begnan occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Begnan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Begnan is the 1,701,480th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Begnan is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Begnan live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Begnan is also the 390,402nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 475 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 205,993. In The Ivory Coast Begnan is mostly concentrated in: Lacs District, where 59 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 4 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Begnan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Begnan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Begnan last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Begnan
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