Behene Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Behene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Behene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻦ) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Behene.
How Common Is The Last Name Behene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Behene is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Behene live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Behene is primarily found in: Paraná, where 78 percent reside, Rio Grande do Sul, where 11 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 11 percent reside. Barring Brazil this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻦ | abahn | 50 |
| ﺑﺎﻫﻨﻪ | bahnh | 25 |
| ﺍﺑﺤﻦ | abhn | 25 |
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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 Behene
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