Beheya Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Beheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 98 | 1:41,784 | 3,193 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Beheya (15) may also be a first name.
Beheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﻴﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Beheya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,795,579th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. Beheya is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Beheya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 41,784. In Mauritania Beheya is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 41 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 39 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﻴﻪ | bhyh | 43.59 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻴﻪ | abhyh | 25.64 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻲ | abhy | 10.26 |
| ﺑﻬﻲ | bhy | 10.26 |
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 5.13 |
| ﺑﺤﻴﻪ | bhyh | 2.56 |
| ﺍﺑﺤﻴﻪ | abhyh | 2.56 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Beheya
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