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 surname Behene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺎﻫﻦ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Behene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Behene reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 50 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 78 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 11 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 11 percent are found. Beside Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
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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