Benekis Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Benekis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 115 | 1:96,346 | 16,232 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Benekis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benekis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benekis is found most in Greece. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Benekis.
How Common Is The Last Name Benekis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Benekis reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
Benekis is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 96,346. In Greece it is mostly found in: Thessaly, where 60 percent reside, Attica, where 36 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Greece this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Wales, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benekhis | 93 | 2 | / |
| Benakis | 86 | 638 | / |
| Benikis | 86 | 2 | / |
| Binekis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Benikhis | 80 | 30 | / |
| Beinikis | 80 | 7 | / |
| Benechis | 80 | 3 | / |
| Benikish | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bineckis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beneices | 80 | 1 | / |
| Veineikis | 75 | 31 | / |
| Banakis | 71 | 80 | / |
| Binakis | 71 | 40 | / |
| Bonakis | 71 | 33 | / |
| Venekes | 71 | 26 | / |
| Benikes | 71 | 16 | / |
| Benices | 71 | 4 | / |
| Banokis | 71 | 4 | / |
| Benequisse | 71 | 4 | / |
| Beneces | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bonikis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Benicis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benekkiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benaquis | 67 | 19 | / |
| Benickes | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bonakies | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beniques | 67 | 4 | / |
| Benykhys | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beneques | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bonequis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benikhes | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Benekis
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