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
The last name Behene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻦ) occurs most in Brazil. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Behene are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Behene is mostly found in: Paraná, where 78 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 11 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
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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