Behounek Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Behounek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Behounek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3321:1,091,74479,205
Austria1081:78,84711,877
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Poland331:1,151,78076,152
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Běhounek (447) are calculated separately.

Behounek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Behounek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Behounek occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Běhounek. For other possible spellings of Behounek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Behounek? popularity and diffusion

Behounek is the 579,404th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Behounek live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 1,091,744. In The United States Behounek is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 35 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Colorado, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 20 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Behounek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Behounek last name are 24.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Behounek earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 1.41% more than the national average, earning R 240,984 per year and in United States they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $45,395 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
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  • 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 Behounek
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