Bekht Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Bekht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bekht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3741:205,30116,441
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Bekht (17) may also be a first name.

Bekht Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bekht Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bekht (Russian: Бехт) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bekht.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekht? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bekht is the 716,247th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bekht reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Bekht is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 17 people.

Bekht is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 374 people, or 1 in 205,301. In Iran it is mostly found in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 25 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 19 percent are found and Golestan Province, where 15 percent are found. Other than Iran it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bekhth911/
Bekt896/
Beikhet834/
Bekehet831/
Bakht8032,256/
Becht806,099/
Bokht80112/
Bekte8039/
Beckt806/
Beikt803/
Bektz802/
Bekhtova771/
Beicht73395/
Beacht7360/
Beecht7356/
Bechte7354/
Bakhth7323/
Bhakht7315/
Veikht735/
Becktt733/
Veykht732/
Bakkht732/
Backht731/
Beeket731/
Bakhdt731/
Bakhht731/
Baikht731/
Beeckt731/
Beiket731/
Bhekte731/
Bechtt730/
Biecht730/
Bect6798/
Bakt6776/
Bektova6759/
Bokt6720/
Begt6710/
Beikete672/
Beachet672/
Beqt672/
Bikt672/
Beacket670/
Bechtte670/
Bechtch670/
Beekete670/
Beekett670/
Beakett670/

Bekht Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bekht in the Russian language
Бехтbeht-

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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 Bekht
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