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
Benaja (Marathi: बेनजा) occurs most in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Benaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Benaja is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Benaja reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 617,781st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 214 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 4,007,551. In Indonesia Benaja is most frequent in: Banten, where 97 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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