Benedikt Surname

133,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Benedikt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benedikt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1811:68,1678,724
Austria9921:8,5841,110
Czechia6041:17,6052,640
United States2241:1,618,120108,461
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
England511:1,092,51152,584
Russia461:3,133,110167,157
India441:17,433,304271,013
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
France211:3,162,987209,042
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Slovakia181:296,46943,115
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Benedikt (18,602) may also be a first name.

Benedikt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Benedikt (Bengali: বেনেডিক্ট, Hindi: बेनेडिक्ट, Marathi: बॅनेिडक्ट, Russian: Бенедикт) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benedikt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Benedikt is the 133,039th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,149,719 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Benedikt are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Benedikt is also the 39,905th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 18,602 people.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 1,181 people, or 1 in 68,167. In Germany Benedikt is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 59 percent live, Hesse, where 11 percent live and Saxony, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 29 percent live and Czechia, where 18 percent live.

Benedikt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Benedikt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Benedikt surname expanded 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benedikt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Benedikt last name are 7.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.72% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Benedikt earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.82% more than the national average, earning $52,131 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.5% more than the national average, earning $70,796 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Benedikt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Benedikt in the Bengali language
বেনেডিক্টbenedikta-
Benedikt in the Hindi language
बेनेडिक्टbenedikta75
बेनेदिक्तbenedikta20
बेनेदीक्ताbenedikta5
Benedikt in the Marathi language
बॅनेिडक्टbeneidakta14.71
बॅनेिडbeneida8.82
बॅनेडीbenedi8.82
बेनेडीक्benedik8.82
बॅनॅडीक्टbenedikta8.82
बेनेडीकटbenedikata8.82
बेनेिडक्beneidak8.82
ेनेिडक्टeneidakta8.82
बेनेिदक्टbeneidakta5.88
बेनेिदbeneida5.88
बेनेिडक्टbeneidakta5.88
बेनेडीक्टbenedikta2.94
बेनेिडbeneida2.94
Benedikt in the Russian language
Бенедиктbenedikt-

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Benedikt Reference & Research

Benedict DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Benedict FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Benedikt
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