Benedikts Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Iceland

Benedikts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benedikts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Benedikts (138) may also be a first name.

Benedikts Last Name Facts

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

Benedikts is borne by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benedikts? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Benedikts reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia. Benedikts is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 138 people.

It is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 5,644,715. In Denmark Benedikts is primarily concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Denmark this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 25 percent reside and Latvia, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Benedikts
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