Benema Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Benema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Benema (12) may also be a first name.
Benema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benema occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Benema reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Benema is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 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 Benema
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