Benave Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Benave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Benave (952) may also be a first name.
Benave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benave (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﻓﻪ, Marathi: बेनवे) is found most frequently in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benave? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benave is the 1,918,812th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Benave reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Benave is also the 261,794th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 952 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Benave is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 93 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 7 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benave in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺎﻓﻪ | bnafh | - |
| Benave in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनवे | benave | - |
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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 Benave
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