Behnour Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Behnour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
Behnour (38) may also be a first name.
Behnour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behnour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behnour is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Behnour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Behnour are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Behnour is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,118,835. In Iran it is most common in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 53 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 47 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 12 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 Behnour
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