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
The last name Benave (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﻓﻪ, Marathi: बेनवे) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benave? popularity and diffusion
Benave is the 1,918,812th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Benave live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 261,794th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 952 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Benave is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 93 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 7 percent are found. Besides India this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and Mauritania, where 7 percent are found.
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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