Benaya Surname
Approximately 1,460 people bear this surname
Benaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Algeria | 317 | 1:121,866 | 17,016 |
| Philippines | 205 | 1:493,845 | 58,364 |
| Indonesia | 166 | 1:796,682 | 60,566 |
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Kenya | 72 | 1:641,388 | 29,005 |
| Zambia | 56 | 1:283,034 | 16,318 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Benaya (1,031) may also be a first name.
Benaya Demographics
Benaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Benaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benaya (Hindi: बेनाय, Oriya: େବନୟା, Russian: Беная) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benaya is the 267,533rd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,991,470 people. Benaya is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Benaya live; 53 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 249,846th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,031 people.
Benaya is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 77,824. Outside of Morocco it occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 22 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
Benaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benaya in the Hindi language | ||
| बेनाय | benaya | - |
| Benaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େବନୟା | ebanaya | 80 |
| ବିନୟ | binaya | 20 |
| Benaya in the Russian language | ||
| Беная | benaa | - |
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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 Benaya
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