Bekir Surname
Approximately 5,539 people bear this surname
Bekir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 3,252 | 1:2,146 | 306 |
| Turkey | 734 | 1:106,024 | 9,116 |
| Greece | 384 | 1:28,854 | 4,449 |
| England | 246 | 1:226,496 | 18,955 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| North Macedonia | 80 | 1:26,268 | 3,334 |
| Israel | 79 | 1:108,324 | 12,251 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Russia | 57 | 1:2,528,475 | 145,724 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| United States | 49 | 1:7,397,121 | 336,459 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Tunisia | 32 | 1:19,082 | 3,053 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 28 | 1:213,309 | 20,787 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Slovenia | 14 | 1:177,691 | 14,620 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Békir (1) are calculated separately.
Bekir (156,056) may also be a first name.
Bekir Demographics
Average Bekir Salary in
United States
$19,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bekir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻴﺮ, Hindi: बेकइ, Russian: Бекир) is most common in Bulgaria. It may also appear as: Békir. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 86,930th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,315,679 people. Bekir occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Bekir are found; 72 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 33 percent are found in East Thrace and Karpass. Bekir is also the 6,733rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 156,056 people.
The surname is most common in Bulgaria, where it is held by 3,252 people, or 1 in 2,146. In Bulgaria Bekir is most frequent in: Kardzhali Province, where 48 percent are found, Haskovo Province, where 12 percent are found and Burgas Province, where 7 percent are found. Beside Bulgaria this last name occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 13 percent are found and Greece, where 7 percent are found.
Bekir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bekir surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bekir earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 54.95% less than the national average, earning $19,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.72% more than the national average, earning $60,476 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻴﺮ | bkyr | - |
| Bekir in the Hindi language | ||
| बेकइ | beka'i | - |
| Bekir in the Russian language | ||
| Бекир | bekir | - |
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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 Bekir
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