Benev Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Benev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 334 | 1:20,895 | 1,839 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Benev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benev (Russian: Бенев) is more frequently found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benev? popularity and diffusion
Benev is the 770,644th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Benev live; 91 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
Benev is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 20,895. In Bulgaria Benev is most numerous in: Gabrovo Province, where 19 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 17 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Bulgaria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benev in the Russian language | ||
| Бенев | benev | - |
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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 Benev
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