Belegai Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Belegai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Belegai (40) may also be a first name.
Belegai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belegai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belegai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belegai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Belegai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Belegai live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Chadic Africa. Belegai is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 97 percent reside and North Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 17 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 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 Belegai
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