Betene Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Betene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 305 | 1:68,095 | 8,576 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Betene (69) may also be a first name.
Betene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Betene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Betene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﻨﻪ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Betene? popularity and diffusion
Betene is the 786,896th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Betene are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequent first name in the world, held by 69 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 68,095. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 83 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 12 percent are found and South Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Betene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Betene has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Betene surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Betene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Betene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺘﻨﻪ | btnh | - |
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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 Betene
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