View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

Where Does The Last Name Bekan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Bekan (Hindi: बेकन, Marathi: बॅकन, Russian: Бекан) is most common in Iran. It can be found in the variant forms: Bekán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 388,475^th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,981,978 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Bekan are found; 29 percent are found in South Asia and 25 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Bekan is also the 627,410^th most common forename in the world, borne by 208 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 332,392. In Iran Bekan is mostly concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 84 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 4 percent reside and Bushehr Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Iran this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 18 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 12 percent reside.

Bekan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Bekan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bekan surname grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bekan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

Bekan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.