Behames Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Behames Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Behames Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behames Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behames is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Behames.
How Common Is The Last Name Behames? popularity and diffusion
Behames is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Behames live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Behames is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Behames is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 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 Behames
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