Betem Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Betem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Betem (12) may also be a first name.
Betem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Betem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Betem (Arabic: بيتيم, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﻢ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Betem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Betem are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Betem is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 56 percent are found, North Region, where 28 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Betem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Betem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺘﻢ | btm | - |
| Betem in the Arabic language | ||
| بيتيم | bytym | - |
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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 Betem
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