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
Beneya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻨﻴﻪ) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beneya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Beneya are found; 49 percent are found in Southern Africa and 49 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 40 people.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 417,103. In Zambia Beneya is most common in: Southern Province, where 97 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Beneya
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