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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bekeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekeh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 515,280th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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. Bekeh is also the 2,239,265th most common first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.
The surname Bekeh is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 613 people, or 1 in 288,977. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 57 percent are found, Oyo, where 8 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found 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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