Behaye Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Behaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
Behaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺤﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Behaye are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 170,619. In Mauritania Behaye is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 50 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 25 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 28 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻬﻲ | bhy | 16.67 |
| ﺑﺤﻴﻪ | bhyh | 16.67 |
| ﺑﺤﺎﻱ | bhay | 16.67 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻴﻪ | abhyh | 16.67 |
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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 Behaye
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