Beyem Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Beyem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 357 | 1:58,177 | 7,494 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Beyem (71) may also be a first name.
Beyem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beyem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Beyem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻢ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Beyem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beyem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Beyem live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Beyem is also the 1,152,838th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 71 people.
Beyem is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 58,177. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 48 percent live, East Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 18 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent live and Chad, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beyem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beyem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﻢ | bym | 85.71 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻴﻢ | ambym | 14.29 |
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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 Beyem
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