Bém Surname

624,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 491 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Bém Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bém Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia4161:25,5614,017
Hungary561:175,29115,311
Slovakia191:280,86641,728

The alternate forms: Bem (14,812) are calculated separately.

Bém Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bém is found most frequently in Czechia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bem. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bém? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 624,505th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bém are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 25,561. In Czechia Bém is most frequent in: Liberec Region, where 16 percent live, Prague, where 15 percent live and South Moravian Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Czechia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 11 percent live and Slovakia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bem8914,812/
Béhm862/
Béma861/
Bm802,045/
Buémi752/
Biémé751/
Biémi751/
Boémi751/
Bam6722,636/
Bom6713,048/
Bum678,918/
Bim674,655/
Bym67796/
Bémová67398/
Pém67304/
Bím67178/
Bme6796/
Bbm6779/
Bmh6775/
Bma6767/
Bmw6755/
Pbm6734/
Bým6720/
Bőm6720/
Büm6719/
Hbm6718/
Bhm6717/
Bmi6712/
Bmu6710/
Bmm679/
Wbm679/
Bmy677/
Bmo676/
Bóm676/
Bwm674/
Bjm674/
Böm671/
Bayémé671/
B M671/
Bôm671/

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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 Bém
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