Behfar Surname

311,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Behfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Behfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,1271:68,1307,164
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Behfar (312) may also be a first name.

Behfar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Behfar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Behfar occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Behfar? popularity and diffusion

Behfar is the 311,397th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,027,747 people. The surname Behfar occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Behfar are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Behfar is also the 497,456th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 312 people.

The surname Behfar is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 1,127 people, or 1 in 68,130. In Iran Behfar is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 13 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Behfar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Behfar last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered with the political party.

Behfar earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.02% more than the national average, earning $55,239 USD per year.

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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 Behfar
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