Behala Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Behala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Behala (172) may also be a first name.
Behala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behala (Bengali: বেহালা, Hindi: बेहला, Marathi: बेहाला, Oriya: େବହଲା) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Behala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Behala is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Behala live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Behala is also the 696,764th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 172 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Behala is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 44 percent are found, West Bengal, where 33 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Not including India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behala in the Hindi language | ||
| बेहला | behala | - |
| Behala in the Oriya language | ||
| େବହଲା | ebahala | - |
| Behala in the Bengali language | ||
| বেহালা | behala | 55.56 |
| বেহলা | behala | 33.33 |
| বেহলারাণী | behalarani | 11.11 |
| Behala in the Marathi language | ||
| बेहाला | behala | 50 |
| बेहला | behala | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Behala
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