Bekhier Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Bekhier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bekhier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekhier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekhier (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ) is most common in Algeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekhier? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bekhier live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,726,310. Barring Algeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekhier Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekhier 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
- 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 Bekhier
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