Benemerito Surname

173,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Benemerito Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benemerito Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2,1051:48,0947,848
United States1211:2,995,528175,060
Italy1061:576,95054,562
Argentina861:497,01636,727
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
France81:8,302,840321,660
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Benemèrito (1) & Benemérito (1) are calculated separately.

Benemerito (84) may also be a first name.

Benemerito Last Name Facts

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

The surname Benemerito is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Benemèrito or Benemérito. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benemerito? popularity and diffusion

The last name Benemerito is the 173,913th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,951,618 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Benemerito live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 84 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,105 people, or 1 in 48,094. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 25 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 15 percent live and Central Luzon, where 9 percent live. Not including The Philippines Benemerito exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Italy, where 4 percent live.

Benemerito Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Benemerito surname are 22.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.44% registered with the political party.

The amount Benemerito earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 45.19% more than the national average, earning $62,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $44,838 CAD per year.

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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 Benemerito
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