Béh Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Béh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Beh (26,405), Bèh (2) & Bêh (2) are calculated separately.
Béh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Béh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Béh is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Beh, Bèh or Bêh. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Béh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Béh is the 5,213,395th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Béh live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 91 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Béh
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