Behey Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Behey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Behey (22) may also be a first name.
Behey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﻲ) is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Behey is the 2,333,370th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. Behey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Behey live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name Behey is most numerous in France, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,953,609. In France Behey is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 62 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 24 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 6 percent reside. Barring France this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 34 percent reside and Yemen, where 6 percent reside.
Behey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Behey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Behey last name contracted 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﻲ | bhy | 71.43 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻲ | abhy | 21.43 |
| ﺑﻬﻰ | bhy | 7.14 |
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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 Behey
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