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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 in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Béy. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 6,787^th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 87,435 people. The surname Bey occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Bey are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 44 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bey is also the 11,654^th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 85,825 people.

Bey is most common in India, where it is borne by 36,357 people, or 1 in 21,098. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 97 percent live, Meghalaya, where 3 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Barring India it occurs 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 incidence of Bey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bey last name grew 5,424 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bey Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bey last name 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 holding 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 political 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.