Bekkai Surname
Approximately 3,409 people bear this surname
Bekkai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,832 | 1:13,641 | 2,423 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| France | 152 | 1:436,992 | 63,144 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Bekkaï (2), Bekkaî (1) & Békkai (1) are calculated separately.
Bekkai (353) may also be a first name.
Bekkai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekkai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekkai is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Bekkaï, Bekkaî or Békkai. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekkai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,420th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,137,737 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bekkai live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 463,770th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 353 people.
This last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,832 people, or 1 in 13,641. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Tébessa Province, where 33 percent reside, Blida Province, where 16 percent reside and Tlemcen Province, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Bekkai
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