Bethsheba Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Botswana

Bethsheba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bethsheba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bethsheba (3,215) may also be a first name.

Bethsheba Last Name Facts

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

Bethsheba (Marathi: बेथिशवा) occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bethsheba.

How Common Is The Last Name Bethsheba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Bethsheba is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Bethsheba reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Bethsheba is also the 126,560th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 3,215 people.

The surname Bethsheba is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 44 percent live, Bungoma County, where 11 percent live and Kakamega County, where 11 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Botswana, where 6 percent live.

Bethsheba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bethsheba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bethsheba in the Marathi language
बेथिशवाbethisava-

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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 Bethsheba
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