Belayhun Surname
Approximately 5,800 people bear this surname
Belayhun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,795 | 1:16,833 | 2,274 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Belayhun (4,286) may also be a first name.
Belayhun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belayhun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belayhun occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Belayhun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 83,471st most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,256,473 people. The last name Belayhun occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Belayhun live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Belayhun is also the 105,707th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 4,286 people.
This surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,795 people, or 1 in 16,833. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent live and Liberia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Belayhun
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