Bé Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Mauritania871:47,0673,494
France251:2,656,909193,074
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
England11:55,718,059489,080
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Be (172,234), (17), (6) & (1) are calculated separately.

(800) may also be a first name.

Bé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bé is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Be, , or . For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bé? popularity and diffusion

Bé is the 1,032,007th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Bé are found; 39 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 39 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Bé is also the 289,333rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 800 people.

The surname Bé is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 110,832. Apart from Portugal it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 36 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Be83172,234/
8317/
836/
831/
Bér8089/
Béd8046/
Bée8044/
Béa8015/
Béh8014/
Bhé804/
Bés803/
Béy803/
Béz801/
Bész6729/
Béga6718/
Béhr677/
Béňa676/
Béha675/
Bést671/
Béyi671/
Bétz671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bé
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