Benga Surname
Approximately 14,795 people bear this surname
Benga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2,958 | 1:9,124 | 1,120 |
| DR Congo | 2,326 | 1:31,762 | 3,949 |
| Cameroon | 2,296 | 1:9,046 | 1,178 |
| Gabon | 2,223 | 1:850 | 143 |
| Romania | 1,379 | 1:14,560 | 1,860 |
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Indonesia | 674 | 1:196,215 | 18,668 |
| Senegal | 345 | 1:42,259 | 750 |
| Congo | 228 | 1:21,882 | 2,466 |
| Nigeria | 161 | 1:1,100,266 | 45,533 |
| Albania | 157 | 1:18,561 | 3,215 |
| Algeria | 117 | 1:330,184 | 31,078 |
| Zimbabwe | 111 | 1:139,083 | 18,071 |
| Philippines | 107 | 1:946,152 | 83,691 |
| Burkina Faso | 91 | 1:201,671 | 4,383 |
| India | 90 | 1:8,522,949 | 175,347 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| Latvia | 48 | 1:42,709 | 6,498 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Hungary | 35 | 1:280,465 | 21,617 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Moldova | 17 | 1:209,492 | 19,497 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Transnistria | 11 | 1:43,154 | 6,501 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Beñga (1) are calculated separately.
Benga (14,367) may also be a first name.
Benga Demographics
Average Benga Salary in
United States
$47,134 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benga (Arabic: بنغا, Hindi: बेंगा, Marathi: बेणगा, Oriya: େଦଇ, Russian: Бенга) is most common in Angola. It may also be rendered as: Beñga. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 35,687th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 492,568 people. The surname Benga occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Benga are found; 48 percent are found in Central Africa and 47 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Benga is also the 47,767th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 14,367 people.
The last name Benga is most frequently used in Angola, where it is borne by 2,958 people, or 1 in 9,124. Barring Angola this last name exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 percent reside.
Benga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Benga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benga last name increased 1,740 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Benga are 37.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.21% being registered with the party.
The amount Benga earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.16% less than the national average, earning R 63,792 per year; in United States they earn 9.24% more than the national average, earning $47,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning $49,728 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benga in the Marathi language | ||
| बेणगा | benaga | - |
| Benga in the Hindi language | ||
| बेंगा | benga | 93.33 |
| बेगां | begam | 6.67 |
| Benga in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 27.79 |
| େବୱା | ebawa | 14.31 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 13.92 |
| େଦଈ | eda'i | 7.79 |
| ନାୟକ | nayaka | 5.01 |
| େଯନା | eyana | 4.94 |
| େସଠୀ | esathi | 4.11 |
| େଭାଇ | ebha'i | 3.67 |
| ବାରିକ | barika | 2.73 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 2.48 |
| େଦହୁରୀ | edahuri | 2.46 |
| େବଂଗ | ebanga | 0.71 |
| ବାଗ | baga | 0.3 |
| ନାଗ | naga | 0.09 |
| ବୀଣା | bina | 0.02 |
| େନଗୀ | enagi | 0.02 |
| Benga in the Russian language | ||
| Бенга | benga | - |
| Benga in the Arabic language | ||
| بنغا | bngha | - |
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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 Benga
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