Bekon Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Bekon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Bekoń (1) are calculated separately.
Bekon (105) may also be a first name.
Bekon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekon (Arabic: بيكون, Russian: Бекон) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bekoń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekon? popularity and diffusion
Bekon is the 921,780th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 41 percent of Bekon reside; 28 percent reside in Central Africa and 28 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 105 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 259,613. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside, East Region, where 11 percent reside and North Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 16 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent reside.
Bekon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bekon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bekon last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekon in the Russian language | ||
| Бекон | bekon | - |
| Bekon in the Arabic language | ||
| بيكون | bykwn | - |
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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 Bekon
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