Bencu Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Bencu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bencu (48) may also be a first name.
Bencu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bencu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bencu has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bencu.
How Common Is The Last Name Bencu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Bencu is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Bencu reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent forename at a global level, held by 48 people.
The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 647,673. In Romania Bencu is most numerous in: Bucharest Municipality, where 87 percent are found and Ilfov County, where 13 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bencu
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