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
The last name Behnamian is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnamian? popularity and diffusion
The last name Behnamian is the 746,827th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Behnamian are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
It is most common in Iran, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 207,520. In Iran it is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 19 percent are found, Kurdistan Province, where 18 percent are found and South Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Iran Behnamian is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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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