Bekaye Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Bekaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 156 | 1:26,249 | 2,244 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Bekaye (5,781) may also be a first name.
Bekaye Demographics
Average Bekaye Salary in
United States
$11,952 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bekaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekaye is the 749,861st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname Bekaye is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Bekaye reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bekaye is also the 87,767th most frequent first name globally, borne by 5,781 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 26,249. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 22 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 18 percent live and Tagant Region, where 16 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 36 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Bekaye Last Name Statistics demography
Bekaye earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 72.3% less than the national average, earning $11,952 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ | albkay | 71.54 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻱ | bkay | 21.14 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻯ | albkay | 4.88 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻳﻪ | bkayh | 0.81 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﺭ | bkar | 0.81 |
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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 Bekaye
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