Benfica Surname
Approximately 4,648 people bear this surname
Benfica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4,292 | 1:49,878 | 1,936 |
| Portugal | 311 | 1:33,499 | 2,065 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Benfica (155) may also be a first name.
Benfica Demographics
Average Male Benfica Height
174.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Benfica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benfica Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benfica occurs most in Brazil. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Benfica.
How Common Is The Last Name Benfica? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benfica is the 101,570th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,567,889 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Benfica reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America. Benfica is also the 738,219th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 155 people.
Benfica is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 4,292 people, or 1 in 49,878. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 40 percent are found, São Paulo, where 21 percent are found and Espírito Santo, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Brazil Benfica occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 7 percent are found and Mozambique, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Benfica
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