Benard Surname
Approximately 83,418 people bear this surname
Benard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 29,427 | 1:1,799 | 246 |
| France | 16,236 | 1:4,091 | 316 |
| Nigeria | 14,833 | 1:11,942 | 1,230 |
| Kenya | 6,806 | 1:6,785 | 906 |
| Malawi | 5,986 | 1:2,860 | 352 |
| United States | 2,718 | 1:133,355 | 14,019 |
| Canada | 2,045 | 1:18,017 | 2,550 |
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,150 | 1:7,090 | 497 |
| Netherlands | 521 | 1:32,413 | 5,399 |
| Nicaragua | 387 | 1:15,558 | 879 |
| Uganda | 197 | 1:198,169 | 15,952 |
| Zimbabwe | 180 | 1:85,768 | 12,456 |
| Mexico | 137 | 1:906,031 | 12,440 |
| Argentina | 96 | 1:445,244 | 33,533 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Guatemala | 60 | 1:268,044 | 4,260 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Malaysia | 58 | 1:508,521 | 25,379 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 39 | 1:34,974 | 3,476 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Honduras | 28 | 1:314,873 | 2,759 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Costa Rica | 18 | 1:265,559 | 2,987 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 31 | 1:786,302 | 35,304 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 447 | 1:112,346 | 11,153 |
The alternate forms: Bénard (710) & Benárd (30) are calculated separately.
Benard (320,347) may also be a first name.
Benard Demographics
Average Male Benard Height
174.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Benard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benard (Hindi: बेनार्ड, Marathi: बॅनाडर्) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Bénard or Benárd. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benard? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,784th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 87,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Benard reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Benard is also the 3,265th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 320,347 people.
Benard is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 29,427 people, or 1 in 1,799. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 16 percent reside, Mara Region, where 11 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 96 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.
Benard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Benard has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 608 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Benard Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Benard surname is predominantly Catholic (80%) in Ireland, Christian (99%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Benard surname are 3.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.47% registered with the political party.
The amount Benard earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.77% less than the national average, earning R 93,216 per year; in United States they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $43,498 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.25% less than the national average, earning $44,096 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benard Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benard in the Hindi language | ||
| बेनार्ड | benarda | 55.56 |
| बेनाई | bena'i | 33.33 |
| बेनार्द | benarda | 11.11 |
| Benard in the Marathi language | ||
| बॅनाडर् | benadar | 37.5 |
| बेनाडर् | benadar | 25 |
| बेनडर् | benadar | 6.25 |
| बेनाथर् | benathar | 6.25 |
| बेन | bena | 6.25 |
| बेनीडर् | benidar | 6.25 |
| बेनादर् | benadar | 3.13 |
| बेनाड | benada | 3.13 |
| बनार | banara | 3.13 |
| बेनदर् | benadar | 3.13 |
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Benard Reference & Research
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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 Benard
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