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
The last name Bekene is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Bekéné. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekene are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held given name globally, held by 77 people.
The last name Bekene is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 47 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Bekene is found in 7 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Bekene
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