Betchem Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Betchem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 990 | 1:20,979 | 2,855 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Betchem (39) may also be a first name.
Betchem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Betchem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Betchem is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Betchem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 360,039th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Betchem are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 990 people, or 1 in 20,979. In Cameroon Betchem is most common in: Centre Region, where 73 percent live, Littoral Region, where 20 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and Canada, 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
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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 Betchem
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