Benay Surname
Approximately 982 people bear this surname
Benay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 476 | 1:139,544 | 21,462 |
| Argentina | 267 | 1:160,088 | 13,499 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Bénay (2) are calculated separately.
Benay (2,154) may also be a first name.
Benay Demographics
Benay Political Affiliation
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Benay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benay (Bengali: বিনয়, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﻱ, Marathi: बेनाय, Oriya: ବିେନୟ, Tibetan: བི་ནེ་) is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Bénay. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 366,882nd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,421,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Benay reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Benay is also the 161,635th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 2,154 people.
The surname Benay is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 139,544. In France Benay is mostly concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 36 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 28 percent live and Île-de-France, where 21 percent live. Other than France it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 27 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Benay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Benay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benay surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Benay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning $52,493 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.32% more than the national average, earning $54,314 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺎﻱ | bnay | - |
| Benay in the Bengali language | ||
| বিনয় | binaya | - |
| Benay in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିେନୟ | bienaya | - |
| Benay in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་ནེ་ | biné | 50 |
| བི་ནའི་ | biné | 50 |
| Benay in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनाय | benaya | 33.33 |
| बेनयान्सीस | benayansisa | 33.33 |
| बेनय | benaya | 33.33 |
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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 Benay
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