Behila Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Behila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 160 | 1:144,195 | 6,801 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Behila (137) may also be a first name.
Behila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behila is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,098,270th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Behila reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 790,880th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 137 people.
The surname Behila is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 144,195. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Comoé District, where 54 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 6 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Behila
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