Benaiya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Benaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Benaiya (4) may also be a first name.
Benaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benaiya is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Benaiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benaiya is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Benaiya is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Benaiya reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most common first name in the world It is held by 4 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 50 percent are found and Ondo, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Benaiya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 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 Benaiya
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