Benedete Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Benedete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benedete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2281:938,92333,517
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Benedete (108) may also be a first name.

Benedete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benedete occurs most in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Benedete? popularity and diffusion

Benedete is the 1,067,497th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Benedete live; 99 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 904,892nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 108 people.

The last name Benedete is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 938,923. In Brazil Benedete is most common in: São Paulo, where 52 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 15 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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 Benedete
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