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
The surname Behdi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﺪﻱ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behdi? popularity and diffusion
Behdi is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Behdi is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Behdi live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Behdi is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The last name Behdi is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Behdi is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 73 percent live, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 18 percent live and Brakna Region, where 9 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 30 percent live and Algeria, where 11 percent live.
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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