Benaiah Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Benaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 176 | 1:48,623 | 6,414 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Benaiah (1,343) may also be a first name.
Benaiah Demographics
Benaiah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Benaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benaiah (Arabic: بنايا) is more frequently found in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 709,895th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The last name Benaiah occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Benaiah are found; 43 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Benaiah is also the 214,276th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 1,343 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 48,623. In Israel Benaiah is mostly found in: Northern District, where 28 percent are found, Jerusalem District, where 18 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Israel this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 percent are found.
Benaiah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benaiah in the Arabic language | ||
| بنايا | bnaya | - |
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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 Benaiah
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