Bekenshteyn Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Bekenshteyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Bekenshteyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekenshteyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekenshteyn (Russian: Бекенштейн) is most common in Russia. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Bekenshteyn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekenshteyn? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Bekenshteyn reside; 52 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 52 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Bekenshteyn is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 8,006,836. In Russia Bekenshteyn is most frequent in: Irkutsk Oblast, where 39 percent live, Republic of Karelia, where 39 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 11 percent live. Besides Russia it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boekensteyn | 91 | 12 | / |
| Bekenshtein | 91 | 10 | / |
| Bekenstein | 86 | 149 | / |
| Beckenstein | 82 | 232 | / |
| Boekenstein | 82 | 65 | / |
| Beckenstien | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bekensztein | 82 | 1 | / |
| Beakenstein | 82 | 0 | / |
| Bekinschtein | 78 | 21 | / |
| Boekensteijn | 78 | 19 | / |
| Bakenstein | 76 | 1 | / |
| Backenstein | 73 | 2 | / |
| Beckemstein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Witkenstein | 64 | 0 | / |
| Wichenstein | 55 | 0 | / |
Bekenshteyn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekenshteyn in the Russian language | ||
| Бекенштейн | bekenstejn | - |
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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 Bekenshteyn
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