Bekena Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Bekena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Bekena (1,972) may also be a first name.
Bekena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻨﻪ, Russian: Бекена) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekena is the 2,168,711th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekena reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 170,483rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 1,972 people.
The surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Aside from Ethiopia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻨﻪ | bknh | - |
| Bekena in the Russian language | ||
| Бекена | bekena | - |
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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 Bekena
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