Across the world, Beat (Beat 
, Bit 
, Beten 
) is quite a common epicene given name. The given name Beat is characteristic of Switzerland, where it is quite a common boy's name, Sudan, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Austria, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Switzerland, Sudan, and India. Likewise, Beat is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Beat | India, United States, Switzerland, Indonesia, Myanmar |
| Bit | India, United States, Indonesia, Sudan, Myanmar |
| Beten | India, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, Ethiopia |
| Беат | Ukraine, Russia |
Beat is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Beat , the fictional bird-like Mega Man robot, Mega Man 5; Beat Box Rapper , the character from 2012 film 'Let It Shine' and Beat .
| beat de cerbi FR (b. 1100) |
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| beat guillem de tolosa FR (b. 1297) |
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beat ludwig von mülinen Swiss politician (1521-1597), CH (b. 1521) |
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| beat widmann German jurist, DE (b. 1476) |
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| beat zurlauben CH (b. 1533) |
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| beat jakob von neuenburg [-gorgier] CH (b. 1567) |
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beat fischer politician (1641-1698), CH (b. 1641) |
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| beat jakob segesser von brunegg CH (b. 1582) |
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| beat werdmüller CH (b. 1583) |
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| beat zurlauben CH (b. 1597) |
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| beat jakob zurlauben (1615-1690) (b. 1615) |
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| beat melchior, freiherr von reinach 1621 - 1691 (b. 1621) |
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| beat ludwig von mülinen (b. 1612) |
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| beat herport Swiss glass painter, CH (b. 1629) |
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| beat jakob zelger (1633-1701), CH (b. 1633) |
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