Bendeke Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Bendeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 188 | 1:110,474 | 12,870 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bendeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bendeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bendeke is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bendeke.
How Common Is The Last Name Bendeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bendeke is the 1,101,507th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Bendeke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bendeke live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bendeke is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 188 people, or 1 in 110,474. In Cameroon Bendeke is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Bendeke exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 11 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 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 Bendeke
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