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 held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Behcet. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Behçet? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 858,879th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name is mostly found 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 frequently held first name on earth, held by 15,303 people.
The surname Behçet is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 255,152. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Van Province, where 32 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 25 percent reside and Gaziantep Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent reside and Iraq, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis