Behea Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Behea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Behea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behea (Oriya: େବେହା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Behea.
How Common Is The Last Name Behea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Behea is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Behea live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Behea is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India it is mostly found in: Odisha, where 50 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Assam, where 6 percent live. Excluding India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.
Behea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Behea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Behea surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behea in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେହା | ebeha | 60 |
| େବେହର୍ା | ebehara | 20 |
| ବୁେବେହଆ | buebeha'a | 20 |
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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 Behea
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