Beneya Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Beneya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Beneya (40) may also be a first name.
Beneya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beneya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beneya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻨﻴﻪ) occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beneya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Beneya is the 2,136,387th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Beneya live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Beneya is also the 1,614,485th most numerous forename globally, held by 40 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 417,103. In Zambia Beneya is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 97 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Beneya is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beneya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beneya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻨﻴﻪ | abnyh | - |
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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 Beneya
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