Benelah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Benelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Benelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benelah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benelah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benelah is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Benelah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Benelah live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Benelah is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is most common in: Bong County, where 86 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Benelah is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 13 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
- 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 Benelah
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