Béhar Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Béhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Behar (17,275) & Behár (22) are calculated separately.
Béhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Béhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Béhar is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Behar or Behár. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Béhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Béhar live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Béhar is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Béhar is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 50 percent live, Île-de-France, where 38 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent live. Beside France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 29 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.
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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 Béhar
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