Bekeh Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Bekeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 613 | 1:288,977 | 16,243 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Bekeh (23) may also be a first name.
Bekeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekeh is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekeh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 515,280th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,512,711 people. Bekeh is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bekeh reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 288,977. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 57 percent are found, Oyo, where 8 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Bekeh
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