Begono Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Begono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Begono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begono Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Begono is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Begono? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Begono reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, East Region, where 25 percent live and Far North Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Begongo | 92 | 21 | / |
| Bhegono | 92 | 6 | / |
| Begounou | 86 | 66 | / |
| Beigouno | 86 | 1 | / |
| Begona | 83 | 516 | / |
| Begano | 83 | 45 | / |
| Bigono | 83 | 5 | / |
| Vegono | 83 | 1 | / |
| Begoungou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beigounou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bigogno | 77 | 387 | / |
| Bigongo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Biogono | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bigonno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beggona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beghona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Begonna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bigonou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Begogna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bigoino | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boigongo | 71 | 46 | / |
| Baigouno | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bigounou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Beghanou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vegounou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Biogongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bigano | 67 | 321 | / |
| Begana | 67 | 117 | / |
| Biogounou | 67 | 24 | / |
| Bigona | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vegona | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Begono
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