Benayi Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Benayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Benayi (25) may also be a first name.
Benayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benayi is most common in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Benayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Benayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,239,697th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname Benayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Benayi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Aside from Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Benayi
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