Bencastro Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bencastro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bencastro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Bencastro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bencastro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bencastro is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bencastro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Bencastro is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Bencastro live; 86 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent live in Italic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 12,231,338. In Italy it is most frequent in: Lombardy, where 80 percent live and Sicily, where 20 percent live. Besides Italy Bencastro exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent live and Switzerland, where 14 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 Bencastro
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