Bh Surname

53,096th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Bh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran5,9551:12,8941,719
India1,7511:438,07322,758
Pakistan1,0401:171,7734,430
Indonesia6411:206,31719,480
Vietnam1041:890,8271,796
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
Taiwan421:558,2084,168
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Guinea41:2,958,4542,022
China41:341,830,39216,990
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Bh (4,580) may also be a first name.

Bh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bh (Hindi: भ्, Oriya: ଭ) is most common in Iran. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bh.

How Common Is The Last Name Bh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bh is the 53,096th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 757,069 people. The last name Bh occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bh reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 101,482nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 4,580 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 5,955 people, or 1 in 12,894. In Iran Bh is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 27 percent reside, Hamadan Province, where 12 percent reside and Fars Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Iran this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 11 percent reside.

Bh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (75%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bsh80107/
Bht8093/
Bhs8078/
Bch8046/
Bdh8024/
Hbh8022/
Bhp8014/
Bhh8011/
Bhz808/
Bph803/
B674,556/
Bhsh671,270/
Båth67244/
Bæch6740/
Bhtt6737/
Bhss6730/
Bæth6721/
Bøch6716/
Hbsh674/
Bddh674/
Bchh672/
Hbch672/
Bhtd671/
Bhps671/
Bjch671/
Bphp671/
Hbhs671/
Hbhp671/
Hbhh671/
Bshz671/
Btth671/
Btht671/
Bthd671/

Bh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bh in the Oriya language
bha92.86
ଭ୍bh7.14
Bh in the Hindi language
भ्bh80.72
भगवानbhagavana19.28

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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 Bh
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