Belief Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Belief Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Belief (611) may also be a first name.
Belief Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belief Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belief (Marathi: बेलीफ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belief? popularity and diffusion
The surname Belief is the 1,272,314th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Belief live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 337,969th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 611 people.
The surname Belief is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 33 percent reside, Rivers, where 33 percent reside and Delta, where 22 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 16 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belief Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belief in the Marathi language | ||
| बेलीफ | belipha | - |
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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 Belief
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