Benama Surname
Approximately 997 people bear this surname
Benama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 571 | 1:67,656 | 11,028 |
| France | 337 | 1:197,100 | 30,644 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benama (74) may also be a first name.
Benama Demographics
Average Benama Salary in
South Africa
R 21,576
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Benama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benama (Oriya: େବଣାମା) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Benama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 362,542nd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. The last name Benama is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Benama live; 58 percent live in North Africa and 58 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 74 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 571 people, or 1 in 67,656. In Algeria Benama is primarily concentrated in: Mostaganem Province, where 49 percent live, Relizane Province, where 40 percent live and Chlef Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Algeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in France, where 34 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Benama Last Name Statistics demography
Benama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.92% less than the national average, earning R 21,576 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benama in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଣାମା | ebanama | - |
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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 Benama
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