Behçet Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Behçet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 305 | 1:255,152 | 17,567 |
| Northern Cyprus | 11 | 1:29,001 | 6,098 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
The alternate forms: Behcet (85) are calculated separately.
Behçet (15,303) may also be a first name.
Behçet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behçet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Behçet occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Behcet. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Behçet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 858,879th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name Behçet occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Behçet reside; 94 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Behçet is also the 45,755th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 15,303 people.
The surname Behçet is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 255,152. In Turkey Behçet is most frequent in: Van Province, where 32 percent are found, Malatya Province, where 25 percent are found and Gaziantep Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent are found and Iraq, where 0 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 Behçet
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