Bekannt Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Bekannt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bekannt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Bekannt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bekannt Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bekannt (Russian: Беканнт) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekannt? popularity and diffusion

Bekannt is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Bekannt is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Bekannt reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bekannt is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Bekannt is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live, Bavaria, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany Bekannt is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 10 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bekant928/
Beekandt8060/
Bakant7710/
Bekand772/
Becant771/
Beckand7170/
Beykont7158/
Bikante715/
Beykand713/
Bescant712/
Vekkant711/
Bakhant711/
Beskont711/
Bekonte711/
Bakanth711/
Baikant711/
Bescante6734/
Biszkant676/
Beaconte671/
Biskante671/
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Bekannt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bekannt in the Russian language
Беканнтbekannt-

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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 Bekannt
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