Behli Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Behli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Behli (23) may also be a first name.
Behli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behli (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻬﻠﻲ, Marathi: बेहली) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behli? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Behli live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Behli is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 23 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 91 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 3 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania Behli is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 14 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behli in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻬﻠﻲ | bhly | 60 |
| ﺑﻬﻞ | bhl | 40 |
| Behli in the Marathi language | ||
| बेहली | behali | 60 |
| बेली | beli | 40 |
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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 Behli
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