Begne Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Begne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 277 | 1:74,979 | 9,292 |
| Mexico | 53 | 1:2,342,004 | 20,289 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Begné (5), Bègne (3), Bégné (1) & Bêgné (1) are calculated separately.
Begne (29) may also be a first name.
Begne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Begne is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Begné, Bègne, Bégné or Bêgné. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begne? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 701,000th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Begne live; 66 percent live in Central Africa and 35 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 74,979. In Cameroon Begne is most frequent in: East Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 13 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.
Begne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Begne has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Begne last name fell 75 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 Begne
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