Behira Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Behira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 622 | 1:62,109 | 10,306 |
| Ivory Coast | 566 | 1:40,762 | 2,629 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Behira (818) may also be a first name.
Behira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behira (Marathi: बेिहरा, Oriya: େବେହରା) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Behira is the 301,477th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname Behira is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Behira live; 50 percent live in North Africa and 49 percent live in Mahgreb. Behira is also the 285,768th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 818 people.
Behira is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 622 people, or 1 in 62,109. In Algeria Behira is mostly found in: Mascara Province, where 99 percent are found, Souk Ahras Province, where 1 percent are found and El Oued Province, where 0 percent are found. Other than Algeria it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 45 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behira in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 50 |
| େବହିରା | ebahira | 50 |
| Behira in the Marathi language | ||
| बेिहरा | beihara | 50 |
| बेहरा | behara | 50 |
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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 Behira
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