Benfold Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Benfold Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 140 | 1:397,986 | 27,485 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
Benfold Demographics
Average Benfold Salary in
England
£25,333
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Benfold Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benfold Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benfold occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benfold? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,173,425th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Benfold live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 397,986. In England it is most common in: South Yorkshire, where 22 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 21 percent live and Durham, where 10 percent live. Outside of England Benfold is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent live and Scotland, where 7 percent live.
Benfold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Benfold has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Benfold surname rose 259 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Benfold
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