Benefice Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Benefice Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Benefice Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2101:316,29948,089
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Bénéfice (7) are calculated separately.

Benefice (178) may also be a first name.

Benefice Last Name Facts

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

Benefice has its highest incidence in France. It may also appear as a variant: Bénéfice. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benefice? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,098,270th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. Benefice is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Benefice reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Benefice is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 178 people.

It is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 316,299. In France it is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 36 percent reside, Occitanie, where 30 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 15 percent reside. Outside of France it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bénéfice927/
Benefich881/
Benefix8022/
Benefis801/
Beniface751/
Benifica751/
Benefissa712/
Biniface6316/
Biniphace591/
Boyniface591/
Benifes534/
Benifez531/
Benifest501/
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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 Benefice
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