Benao Surname
Approximately 10,359 people bear this surname
Benao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10,215 | 1:1,797 | 256 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Bénao (3) are calculated separately.
Benao (65) may also be a first name.
Benao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benao is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Bénao. Click here to see other possible spellings of Benao.
How Common Is The Last Name Benao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 49,642nd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 703,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benao reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 65 people.
Benao is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 10,215 people, or 1 in 1,797. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 87 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and Centre-Sud Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Benao is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
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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
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