Behiya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Behiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Behiya (101) may also be a first name.
Behiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﻲ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Behiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Behiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Behiya are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 940,641st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 101 people.
Behiya is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Behiya is primarily found in: Adrar Region, where 33 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 33 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﻲ | bhy | 40 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﻬﻲ | abyhy | 20 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻴﻪ | abhyh | 20 |
| ﺑﻬﻴﻪ | bhyh | 20 |
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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 Behiya
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