Bekene Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Bekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Bekéné (1) are calculated separately.
Bekene (77) may also be a first name.
Bekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekene is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Bekéné. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekene is the 1,795,579th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekene reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 77 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Bekene is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 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
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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 Bekene
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