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) has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Behala are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Behala is also the 696,764th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 172 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Behala is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 44 percent live, West Bengal, where 33 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Not including India it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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