Benaham Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Benaham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benaham (181) may also be a first name.
Benaham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaham Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benaham (Oriya: େବନହାମ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaham? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benaham is the 4,206,983rd most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Benaham are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 677,199th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 181 people.
Benaham is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India it is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 84 percent live and Odisha, where 16 percent live. Excluding India Benaham occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benaham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benaham in the Oriya language | ||
| େବନହାମ | ebanahama | - |
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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 Benaham
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