Bena Surname
Approximately 46,523 people bear this surname
Bena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 31,025 | 1:24,724 | 1,868 |
| DR Congo | 4,535 | 1:16,291 | 2,031 |
| Italy | 999 | 1:61,218 | 10,939 |
| Indonesia | 940 | 1:140,691 | 13,937 |
| Brazil | 816 | 1:262,346 | 10,086 |
| United States | 762 | 1:475,668 | 40,388 |
| Syria | 717 | 1:26,919 | 1,838 |
| France | 627 | 1:105,937 | 15,661 |
| Cameroon | 581 | 1:35,747 | 4,810 |
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| Algeria | 455 | 1:84,905 | 13,189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 452 | 1:18,039 | 1,818 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Czechia | 357 | 1:29,786 | 4,806 |
| Yemen | 355 | 1:74,437 | 5,107 |
| Nigeria | 273 | 1:648,875 | 30,450 |
| United Arab Emirates | 271 | 1:33,809 | 3,631 |
| Palestine | 220 | 1:20,677 | 3,246 |
| Romania | 208 | 1:96,528 | 11,030 |
| Albania | 195 | 1:14,944 | 2,675 |
| South Africa | 187 | 1:289,720 | 28,200 |
| Argentina | 158 | 1:270,528 | 21,773 |
| Taiwan | 146 | 1:160,580 | 1,423 |
| Pakistan | 134 | 1:1,333,163 | 15,264 |
| Philippines | 120 | 1:843,652 | 78,842 |
| Lebanon | 92 | 1:61,273 | 4,653 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Jordan | 46 | 1:192,227 | 9,325 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Slovakia | 37 | 1:144,228 | 26,002 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Serbia | 23 | 1:310,650 | 15,551 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
The alternate forms: Béna (31), Benà (22) & Bená (17) are calculated separately.
Bena (71,104) may also be a first name.
Bena Demographics
Average Male Bena Height
176.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bena (Bengali: বেনা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻪ, Hindi: बेना, Marathi: बेना, Oriya: େବନା, Russian: Бена, Tibetan: བི་ན་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Béna, Benà or Bená. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bena.
How Common Is The Last Name Bena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bena is the 12,074th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 156,644 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Bena live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 13,680th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 71,104 people.
Bena is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 31,025 people, or 1 in 24,724. In India Bena is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 99 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent reside and Telangana, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India Bena is found in 102 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Italy, where 2 percent reside.
Bena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bena last name expanded 1,314 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (47%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Bena surname are 16.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.22% being registered with the party.
The amount Bena earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.73% less than the national average, earning R 48,168 per year; in United States they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $45,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning $47,360 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bena in the Bengali language | ||
| বেনা | bena | - |
| Bena in the Marathi language | ||
| बेना | bena | 96.88 |
| बेणा | bena | 2.34 |
| Bena in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་ན་ | bina | 91.67 |
| འབི་ན་ | bina | 8.33 |
| Bena in the Oriya language | ||
| େବନା | ebana | 90.48 |
| େବଣା | ebana | 6.12 |
| େବନ | ebana | 1.36 |
| େବେନ | ebena | 0.68 |
| ବନା | bana | 0.68 |
| ବୀଣା | bina | 0.68 |
| Bena in the Hindi language | ||
| बेना | bena | 59.73 |
| बेणा | bena | 32.25 |
| बीना | bina | 7.25 |
| बिना | bina | 0.57 |
| बीणा | bina | 0.19 |
| Bena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻪ | bnh | 58.21 |
| ﺑﻦ | bn | 20.9 |
| ﺑﻨﺎ | bna | 7.46 |
| ﺑﻨﻰ | bny | 5.97 |
| ﺍﺑﻦ | abn | 2.99 |
| ﺑﻨﻬﺎ | bnha | 1.49 |
| ﺍﺑﻨﻪ | abnh | 1.49 |
| Bena in the Russian language | ||
| Бена | bena | - |
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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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- 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 Bena
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