Bekheir Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Bekheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Bekheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ) is most common in Algeria. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekheir? popularity and diffusion
Bekheir is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Bekheir is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bekheir are found; 59 percent are found in North Africa and 59 percent are found in Mahgreb.
Bekheir is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 3,863,155. In Algeria Bekheir is primarily found in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 40 percent reside, Tiaret Province, where 40 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Algeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 35 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | blkhyr | - |
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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 Bekheir
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