Begoum Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Begoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Begoum (25) may also be a first name.
Begoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Begoum is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Begoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Begoum is the 1,683,218th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Begoum reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 25 people.
Begoum is most widely held in India, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 7,670,654. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 78 percent live, West Bengal, where 13 percent live and Telangana, where 9 percent live. Outside of India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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 Begoum
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