Behdi Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Behdi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Behdi (28) may also be a first name.
Behdi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behdi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behdi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﺪﻱ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Behdi.
How Common Is The Last Name Behdi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Behdi reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread forename internationally, held by 28 people.
The surname Behdi is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Behdi is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 73 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 18 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 30 percent reside and Algeria, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behdi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behdi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﺪﻱ | bhdy | 50 |
| ﺑﻬﺪﻯ | bhdy | 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 Behdi
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