Benene Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Benene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 193 | 1:280,713 | 27,626 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Benéné (1) are calculated separately.
Benene (30) may also be a first name.
Benene Demographics
Average Benene Salary in
United States
$39,580 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻦ) is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant: Benéné. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 820,032nd most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name Benene is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Benene reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Benene is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 30 people.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 280,713. In South Africa Benene is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Benene Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benene last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Benene earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.5% less than the national average, earning R 74,856 per year and in United States they earn 8.27% less than the national average, earning $39,580 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻦ | bnn | - |
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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 Benene
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