Bekain Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Bekain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bekain (11) may also be a first name.
Bekain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekain has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bekain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekain? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Bekain are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
Bekain is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: North Region, where 85 percent live, Far North Region, where 7 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 3 percent live and Spain, where 3 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 Bekain
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