Bekom Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Bekom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 197 | 1:899,202 | 39,032 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Bekom (30) may also be a first name.
Bekom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekom (Arabic: بيكوم) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bekom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,003,904th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The surname Bekom occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bekom live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bekom is also the 1,911,214th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 899,202. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 92 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekom in the Arabic language | ||
| بيكوم | bykwm | - |
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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 Bekom
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