Behay Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Behay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Behay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﺎﻱ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Behay live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 5,624,346. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Eastern Visayas, where 44 percent live, Caraga, where 28 percent live and Central Luzon, where 11 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent live and Mauritania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﺎﻱ | bhay | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﺎﻱ | abhay | 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
- 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 Behay
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