Behney Surname
Approximately 625 people bear this surname
Behney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 624 | 1:580,864 | 47,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 161 | 1:311,917 | 24,534 |
Behney Demographics
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Behney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behney is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 520,629th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,660,073 people. The last name Behney occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Behney live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Behney is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 624 people, or 1 in 580,864. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 47 percent live, Texas, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 0 percent live.
Behney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Behney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Behney surname expanded 388 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Behney Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Behney last name are 26.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.73% registered with the political party.
Behney earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.84% less than the national average, earning $38,903 USD per year.
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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 Behney
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