Behi Surname
Approximately 4,176 people bear this surname
Behi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3,320 | 1:6,949 | 615 |
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Tunisia | 38 | 1:16,069 | 2,601 |
| Burkina Faso | 35 | 1:524,346 | 7,119 |
| Albania | 29 | 1:100,485 | 9,695 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Béhi (13) are calculated separately.
Behi (1,802) may also be a first name.
Behi Demographics
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Behi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺢ, Hindi: बेही, Marathi: बेही, Oriya: େବହି) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Béhi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Behi is the 111,243rd most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,745,102 people. Behi is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Behi live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Behi is also the 179,993rd most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 1,802 people.
It is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 3,320 people, or 1 in 6,949. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 40 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Behi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Behi surname are 25.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.22% registered with the political party.
The amount Behi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.52% less than the national average, earning 233,536 kr per year; in United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.1% less than the national average, earning $36,714 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behi in the Hindi language | ||
| बेही | behi | - |
| Behi in the Oriya language | ||
| େବହି | ebahi | - |
| Behi in the Marathi language | ||
| बेही | behi | 88.89 |
| बॅही | behi | 11.11 |
| Behi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺢ | bh | 66.67 |
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 33.33 |
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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 Behi
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