Beken Surname
Approximately 5,306 people bear this surname
Beken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,116 | 1:24,975 | 2,856 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,465 | 1:12,070 | 1,840 |
| Belgium | 166 | 1:69,257 | 11,060 |
| United States | 132 | 1:2,745,901 | 164,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 105 | 1:77,654 | 10,215 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 28 | 1:213,309 | 20,787 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 51 | 1:477,948 | 26,685 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Beken (1,417) may also be a first name.
Beken Demographics
Average Beken Salary in
United States
$42,357 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Beken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beken (Oriya: େବେକନ୍, Russian: Бекен) is found most in Turkey. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Beken.
How Common Is The Last Name Beken? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 90,339th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,373,454 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Beken live; 51 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Beken is also the 207,436th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,417 people.
This surname is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 3,116 people, or 1 in 24,975. In Turkey Beken is most numerous in: Mardin Province, where 17 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 17 percent reside and Sanliurfa Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 28 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.
Beken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Beken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Beken surname increased 733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Beken Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Beken surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Beken are 37.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84% registered to vote for the party.
Beken earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.84% less than the national average, earning $42,357 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beken in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେକନ୍ | ebekan | - |
| Beken in the Russian language | ||
| Бекен | beken | - |
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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
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- 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 Beken
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