Behah Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Behah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 478 | 1:8,567 | 917 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Behah (727) may also be a first name.
Behah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻬﺎﻩ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Behah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 626,382nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Behah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Behah is also the 305,933rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 727 people.
The surname Behah is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 8,567. In Mauritania Behah is most prevalent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 26 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 22 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻬﺎﻩ | abhah | 79.89 |
| ﺃﺑﻬﺎﻩ | abhah | 7.99 |
| ﺑﻬﺎﻩ | bhah | 6.34 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻬﺎﻩ | albhah | 5.23 |
| ﺇﺑﻬﺎﻩ | abhah | 0.28 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻬﺎﻩ | alnhah | 0.28 |
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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 Behah
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