Benebene Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Benebene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benebene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Benebene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benebene is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benebene? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Benebene are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Benebene is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Benebene exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benevene8840/
Benebine881/
Binebine75521/
Venevene75134/
Beneveni7554/
Banebane7538/
Benibeni7512/
Wenewene754/
Bonebone751/
Benivene751/
Benabeni751/
Benebuin751/
Bonebane751/
Benabane751/
Benhabane712/
Benebingi711/
Benevines711/
Beeneveni711/
Bannebanne671/
Bhannebeni671/

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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 Benebene
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