Benedine Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Benedine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benedine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya951:486,10425,105
Algeria721:536,54937,821
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Benedine (1,530) may also be a first name.

Benedine Last Name Facts

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

Benedine is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benedine? popularity and diffusion

Benedine is the 1,168,344th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Benedine reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 198,319th most widely held first name globally, borne by 1,530 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya Benedine is mostly concentrated in: Baringo County, where 97 percent live, Nairobi County, where 1 percent live and Nakuru County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 35 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Benedine Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Benedine
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