Bekelech Surname
Approximately 135,711 people bear this surname
Bekelech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 135,705 | 1:719 | 116 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bekelech (55) may also be a first name.
Bekelech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekelech Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekelech is found most in Ethiopia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bekelech click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekelech? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bekelech is the 4,148th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 53,699 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bekelech live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bekelech is also the 1,336,256th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 55 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 135,705 people, or 1 in 719. Excluding Ethiopia Bekelech is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 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 Bekelech
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