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
Benev (Russian: Бенев) is found most in Bulgaria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 770,644th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Benev reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 20,895. In Bulgaria Benev is mostly found in: Gabrovo Province, where 19 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 17 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Bulgaria this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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