Benfeita Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Benfeita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benfeita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
France11:66,422,722504,397

Benfeita Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benfeita Come From? nationality or country of origin

Benfeita is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benfeita? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Benfeita occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Benfeita live; 92 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 9,307,580. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 87 percent live, Federal District, where 9 percent live and Paraná, where 4 percent live. Beside Brazil Benfeita is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cape Verde, where 4 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

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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 Benfeita
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