Bekele Surname
Approximately 642,290 people bear this surname
Bekele Surname User-submission:
Bekele is an Ethiopian first name for boys, meaning 'he has become' or 'he has grown'. In Ethiopia, a father's first name will become his child's last name.
Bekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 635,868 | 1:153 | 9 |
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| United States | 1,619 | 1:223,878 | 21,670 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Canada | 195 | 1:188,952 | 18,643 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| England | 104 | 1:535,751 | 33,356 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 92 | 1:99,590 | 8,729 |
| Sweden | 80 | 1:123,084 | 8,745 |
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
Bekele (1,585,109) may also be a first name.
Bekele Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bekele is an Ethiopian first name for boys, meaning 'he has become' or 'he has grown'. In Ethiopia, a father's first name will become his child's last name.
- emmabeany161Bekele Demographics
Bekele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekele (Arabic: بيكيلي, Russian: Бекеле) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 825th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,346 people. The surname Bekele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bekele are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 444th most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 1,585,109 people.
The last name Bekele is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 635,868 people, or 1 in 153. Aside from Ethiopia Bekele occurs in 67 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Bekele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bekele surname is chiefly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Bekele last name are 43.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.3% being registered with the party.
The amount Bekele earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.05% less than the national average, earning 242,094 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.4% less than the national average, earning R 170,148 per year; in United States they earn 0.08% less than the national average, earning $43,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.64% less than the national average, earning $36,446 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekele in the Russian language | ||
| Бекеле | bekele | - |
| Bekele in the Arabic language | ||
| بيكيلي | bykyly | - |
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