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
The last name Behçet is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Behcet. Click here for other potential spellings of Behçet.
How Common Is The Last Name Behçet? popularity and diffusion
The surname Behçet is the 858,879th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Behçet live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Behçet is also the 45,755th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 15,303 people.
It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 255,152. In Turkey Behçet is most common in: Van Province, where 32 percent live, Malatya Province, where 25 percent live and Gaziantep Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent live and Iraq, where 0 percent live.
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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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