Bengamen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Bengamen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bengamen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Bengamen (42) may also be a first name.

Bengamen Last Name Facts

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

Bengamen is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengamen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Bengamen are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.

The last name Bengamen is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 20 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent live and New Zealand, where 9 percent live.

Bengamen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bengamen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bengamen surname fell 89 percent between 1880 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 Bengamen
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