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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Begné, Bègne, Bégné or Bêgné. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begne? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 701,000th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Begne reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 35 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Begne is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name Begne is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 74,979. In Cameroon Begne is most common in: East Region, where 57 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Begne occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.
Begne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Begne has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Begne surname declined 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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