Bečaj Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Bečaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bečaj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2161:11,5172,723
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Becaj (91), Beçaj (89) & Bećaj (34) are calculated separately.

Bečaj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bečaj (Hindi: बेचाज) occurs most in Slovenia. It may also occur as: Becaj, Beçaj or Bećaj. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bečaj? popularity and diffusion

Bečaj is the 1,067,497th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bečaj live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 11,517. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Slovenia, where 39 percent live, Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 23 percent live and Southeast Slovenia, where 16 percent live. Excluding Slovenia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 4 percent live and Czechia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Becaj9391/
Beçaj9389/
Bećaj9334/
Beča896/
Večaj8042/
Bočaj8012/
Bačaj804/
Beacj802/
Bečajová776/
Beshaj73329/
Bechaj7312/
Besaji734/
Becsaj731/
Besaje731/
Bečeji731/
Besa6736,182/
Beza6731,683/
Beca672,551/
Beça67874/
Bexa67218/
Beţa6744/
Beşa6732/
Beća6719/
Beči679/
Bhesaji676/
Becj673/
Bieszaj672/
Biča672/
Bechadj672/
Bíča671/
Béča671/
Bhesaje671/
Bexj671/
Besajas671/

Bečaj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bečaj in the Hindi language
बेचाजbecaja-

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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 Bečaj
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