Benghan Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gabon

Benghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Benghan Last Name Facts

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

Benghan occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Benghan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benghan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Benghan reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Benghan is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent live and Gabon, where 5 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
  • 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 Benghan
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