Bejar Surname
Approximately 23,277 people bear this surname
Bejar Surname User-submission:
(Spanish) The surname Bejar is from the city Bejár, Salamanca province, Spain.
Bejar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 6,021 | 1:5,279 | 849 |
| Mexico | 5,337 | 1:23,258 | 1,688 |
| Spain | 3,930 | 1:11,896 | 1,382 |
| Philippines | 2,303 | 1:43,959 | 7,039 |
| United States | 1,904 | 1:190,367 | 18,874 |
| Ecuador | 1,330 | 1:11,959 | 1,911 |
| Argentina | 950 | 1:44,993 | 3,802 |
| Chile | 355 | 1:49,624 | 2,264 |
| Bolivia | 202 | 1:52,557 | 2,765 |
| Venezuela | 175 | 1:172,595 | 5,033 |
| Brazil | 139 | 1:1,540,103 | 51,247 |
| France | 131 | 1:507,044 | 70,604 |
| Colombia | 84 | 1:568,739 | 7,407 |
| Uruguay | 75 | 1:45,757 | 5,151 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Cuba | 46 | 1:250,494 | 4,862 |
| Tunisia | 20 | 1:30,531 | 4,563 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| El Salvador | 8 | 1:792,986 | 3,584 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
The alternate forms: Béjar (175) & Bèjar (3) are calculated separately.
Bejar (238) may also be a first name.
Bejar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Spanish) The surname Bejar is from the city Bejár, Salamanca province, Spain.
- enriquevBejar Demographics
Average Male Bejar Height
173 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bejar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bejar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bejar (Arabic: بيجار, Bengali: বেজার, Hindi: बेजरा, Marathi: बेजार, Oriya: େବଜର) is held by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Béjar or Bèjar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bejar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,285th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 313,079 people. Bejar occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Bejar live; 40 percent live in South America and 32 percent live in Andean South America. Bejar is also the 580,229th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 238 people.
This surname is most widespread in Peru, where it is held by 6,021 people, or 1 in 5,279. In Peru Bejar is most prevalent in: Lima Province, where 33 percent live, Cusco Region, where 20 percent live and Arequipa Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Peru this surname occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 23 percent live and Spain, where 17 percent live.
Bejar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bejar surname are 40.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bejar earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 12.14% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,032 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.91% less than the national average, earning $15,685,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.76% less than the national average, earning $40,231 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.47% more than the national average, earning $54,386 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bejar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bejar in the Bengali language | ||
| বেজার | bejara | - |
| Bejar in the Hindi language | ||
| बेजरा | bejara | - |
| Bejar in the Marathi language | ||
| बेजार | bejara | 81.82 |
| बेजर | bejara | 18.18 |
| Bejar in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଜର | ebajara | 66.67 |
| େବଜର୍ | ebajar | 33.33 |
| Bejar in the Arabic language | ||
| بيجار | byjar | - |
| بيخار | bykhar | - |
| بيخور | bykhwr | - |
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