Believes Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Israel

Believes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Believes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Believes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Believes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Believes is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Believes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Believes occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Believes reside; 43 percent reside in South Asia and 29 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Believes is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Believes is most common in: Himachal Pradesh, where 33 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 33 percent live. Barring India this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Believe931,155/
Belives931/
Belevets88218/
Believer889/
Belivets881/
Balives80434/
Belibes80154/
Believa8026/
Baleves8022/
Belieue8011/
Belebes804/
Beliebe801/
Believi801/
Bylevets7532/
Belevice759/
Belevetz759/
Belyvets752/
Balivies751/
Belibeis751/
Bilevets751/
Beilieva751/
Bollives750/
Velivis6755/
Velevis6737/
Balivis6718/
Boliwes6712/
Balevis675/
Bilieva675/
Velievi675/
Belivisova674/
Booyliewes671/

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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 Believes
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