Bekemen Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Bekemen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 169 | 1:122,894 | 14,008 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bekemen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekemen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekemen occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekemen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekemen is the 1,321,499th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bekemen live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Bekemen is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 122,894. In Cameroon Bekemen is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 85 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beakemen | 93 | 0 | / |
| Bekkemoen | 88 | 45 | / |
| Bekomen | 86 | 12 | / |
| Bakemen | 86 | 3 | / |
| Beckemin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bakkemoen | 75 | 41 | / |
| Bakamen | 71 | 38 | / |
| Bakomen | 71 | 28 | / |
| Bikomen | 71 | 17 | / |
| Beckamn | 71 | 8 | / |
| Bakemin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Buikemn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bakimen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beekamn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bechemin | 67 | 129 | / |
| Baikamen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beckhamn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beckamnn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boekamnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Backemin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Becquemin | 63 | 14 | / |
| Beachemin | 63 | 8 | / |
| Boeckamnn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bacamen | 57 | 3 | / |
| Bikomin | 57 | 2 | / |
| Bakimin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Backhamn | 53 | 5 | / |
| Bichemin | 53 | 3 | / |
| Bakhamin | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Bekemen
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