Benajan Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Benajan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Benajan (35) may also be a first name.
Benajan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benajan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benajan (Hindi: बेनजन्, Marathi: बेनाजन) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benajan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Benajan is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Benajan are found; 78 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 35 people.
The surname Benajan is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Benajan is most frequent in: Chandigarh, where 57 percent reside and Gujarat, where 43 percent reside. Not including India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benajan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benajan in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनाजन | benajana | - |
| Benajan in the Hindi language | ||
| बेनजन् | benajan | 75 |
| बेनजान | benajana | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Benajan
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