Bethleham Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bethleham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bethleham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Bethleham (9) may also be a first name.

Bethleham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bethleham occurs most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bethleham.

How Common Is The Last Name Bethleham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Bethleham reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 9 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent are found, Texas, where 33 percent are found and Arkansas, where 17 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found.

Bethleham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bethleham has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bethlaham891/
Betlam8011/
Bhetlam751/
Bethlome711/
Bitlam6738/
Botlam6711/
Betlamová675/
Batlam672/
Vetleheim671/
Betlamova671/
Bathlom631/
Betlome631/
Bathloom591/
Betelloum561/
Vitlam5313/
Batlom5310/
Baitillaim531/
Botlom531/

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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 Bethleham
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