Believe Surname
Approximately 1,155 people bear this surname
Believe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 885 | 1:200,161 | 12,006 |
| Israel | 224 | 1:38,204 | 5,249 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Believe (11,513) may also be a first name.
Believe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Believe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Believe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Believe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 322,929th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,309,564 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Believe reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,737th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 11,513 people.
The last name Believe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 885 people, or 1 in 200,161. In Nigeria Believe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 35 percent live, Bayelsa, where 27 percent live and Rivers, where 20 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 19 percent live and Iran, where 2 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 Believe
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