Benchum Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Benchum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Benchum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benchum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benchum (Tibetan: སྦིན་ཆུམ།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Benchum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benchum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Benchum is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Benchum are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Benchum is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 95 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beenchum | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bencum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Banchum | 86 | 7 | / |
| Benkhum | 86 | 6 | / |
| Binchum | 86 | 2 | / |
| Benchun | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bonchum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uenchum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Beunchun | 80 | 4 | / |
| Boinchum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Benchung | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bencun | 77 | 718 | / |
| Bencom | 77 | 2 | / |
| Benzum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bincum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bensum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wendschum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Benjume | 71 | 235 | / |
| Bensoum | 71 | 6 | / |
| Binchun | 71 | 3 | / |
| Benshun | 71 | 2 | / |
| Venchun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benshom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benkhun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bendjoum | 67 | 59 | / |
| Bensucem | 67 | 1 | / |
Benchum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benchum in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦིན་ཆུམ། | binchum | 50 |
| བོན་ཅུམ། | bönchum | 50 |
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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 Benchum
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