Behnes Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Behnes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Behnes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behnes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Behnes is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Behnes.
How Common Is The Last Name Behnes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Behnes live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany Behnes is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 51 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 22 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Behnes
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