Benaih Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Benaih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Benaih (24) may also be a first name.
Benaih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benaih is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaih? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Benaih occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Benaih live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benaih is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous given name internationally It is held by 24 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and Morocco, where 13 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 Benaih
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