Benedite Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Benedite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Benedite (2,505) may also be a first name.
Benedite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benedite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benedite is carried by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benedite? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Benedite are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 147,461st most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 2,505 people.
This last name is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Other than Chad this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 4 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 Benedite
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