Behei Surname
Approximately 864 people bear this surname
Behei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 829 | 1:54,913 | 7,920 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Behei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺤﻲ) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 405,451st most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,434,660 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Behei live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Behei is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is held by 829 people, or 1 in 54,913. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 60 percent reside, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 15 percent reside and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | - |
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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 Behei
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