Benejean Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Benejean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 197 | 1:337,171 | 50,874 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
The alternate forms: Bénéjean (2) are calculated separately.
Benejean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benejean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benejean is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Bénéjean. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benejean? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benejean is the 1,194,481st most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Benejean occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Benejean live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 337,171. In France Benejean is most common in: Occitanie, where 36 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 36 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 19 percent reside. Excluding France it exists in one country. It is also common in French Polynesia, where 1 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 Benejean
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