Benena Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Benena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benena (47) may also be a first name.
Benena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻦ, Russian: Бенена) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benena? popularity and diffusion
Benena is the 6,360,413th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Benena live; 22 percent live in Oceania Islands and 22 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Benena is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 47 people.
The surname Benena is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 50 percent reside and Western, where 50 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻦ | bnn | - |
| Benena in the Russian language | ||
| Бенена | benena | - |
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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 Benena
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