Benaja Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Benaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Benaja (214) may also be a first name.
Benaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benaja (Marathi: बेनजा) is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benaja is the 2,530,696th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Benaja live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Benaja is also the 617,781st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 214 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 4,007,551. In Indonesia Benaja is most numerous in: Banten, where 97 percent are found. Not including Indonesia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benaja in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनजा | benaja | - |
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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 Benaja
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