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Where Does The Last Name Bey Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Bey (Arabic: باي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻲ, Marathi: बेय, Oriya: େବୟ, Russian: Бей) is found most in India. It may be found as: Béy. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bey.

How Common Is The Last Name Bey? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 6,787^th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,435 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Bey live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 11,654^th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 85,825 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 36,357 people, or 1 in 21,098. In India it is primarily found in: Assam, where 97 percent live, Meghalaya, where 3 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 120 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Bey Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Bey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,424 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 3,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bey Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bey surname is principally Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Sunni (79%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Bey last name are 18.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.8% registered with the party.

The amount Bey earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning 358,777 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.52% more than the national average, earning R 257,892 per year; in United States they earn 17.47% less than the national average, earning $35,613 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.6% more than the national average, earning $59,917 CAD per year.