Behanzin Surname

107,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Behanzin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Behanzin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3,5851:2,883350
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Ivory Coast1151:200,6198,596
France611:1,088,897118,069
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Guinea91:1,314,8691,461
Senegal71:2,082,7634,662
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Belize11:355,4743,977

The alternate forms: Béhanzin (5) are calculated separately.

Behanzin (77) may also be a first name.

Behanzin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Behanzin is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Béhanzin. For other potential spellings of Behanzin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Behanzin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 107,543rd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,679,545 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Behanzin live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Behanzin is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 77 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 3,585 people, or 1 in 2,883. In Benin Behanzin is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 57 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 23 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 12 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.

Behanzin Last Name Statistics demography

Behanzin earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Behanzin
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