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
The surname Bekena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻨﻪ, Russian: Бекена) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekena is the 2,168,711th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekena live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 170,483rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,972 people.
Bekena is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Barring Ethiopia Bekena exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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
- 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 Bekena
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