Bendega Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Belarus

Bendega Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bendega Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1791:989,62441,927
Belarus1341:70,90311,561
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bendega (31) may also be a first name.

Bendega Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bendega (Russian: Бендега) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bendega? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 835,661st most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Bendega reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 31 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 83 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 41 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Bendega Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bendega surname is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bendega Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bendega in the Russian language
Бендегаbendega-

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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 Bendega
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