Behnamian Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Behnamian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 370 | 1:207,520 | 16,562 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Behnamian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behnamian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behnamian has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnamian? popularity and diffusion
The last name Behnamian is the 746,827th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. The surname Behnamian occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Behnamian live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 370 people, or 1 in 207,520. In Iran Behnamian is most frequent in: Fars Province, where 19 percent reside, Kurdistan Province, where 18 percent reside and South Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Iran this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Behnamian
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