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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 515,280th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. The last name Bekeh is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bekeh are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 288,977. In Nigeria Bekeh is most common in: Cross River, where 57 percent reside, Oyo, where 8 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Bekeh is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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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