Benedy Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Benedy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Benedy (234) may also be a first name.
Benedy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benedy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benedy is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benedy? popularity and diffusion
Benedy is the 2,061,309th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Benedy reside; 69 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 585,759th most frequent given name globally, held by 234 people.
This last name is most common in Portugal, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Beside Portugal this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 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 Benedy
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