Bekay Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Bekay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Algeria | 77 | 1:501,708 | 37,085 |
| Liberia | 65 | 1:67,824 | 5,810 |
| Mauritania | 61 | 1:67,129 | 4,615 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Spain | 32 | 1:1,461,001 | 45,498 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bekay (89) may also be a first name.
Bekay Demographics
Bekay Political Affiliation
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Bekay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ, Marathi: बेकय, Russian: Бекай) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 699,651st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Bekay live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 21 percent live in Mahgreb. Bekay is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 89 people.
The surname Bekay is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Besides The DR Congo Bekay is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 18 percent live and Liberia, where 15 percent live.
Bekay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bekay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bekay surname grew 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bekay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bekay surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Bekay earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.96% less than the national average, earning $24,181 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekay in the Marathi language | ||
| बेकय | bekaya | - |
| Bekay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ | albkay | 77.78 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻱ | bkay | 18.52 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻯ | albkay | 3.7 |
| Bekay in the Russian language | ||
| Бекай | bekaj | - |
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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
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- 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 Bekay
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