Benia Surname
Approximately 7,906 people bear this surname
Benia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,716 | 1:162,652 | 10,117 |
| Algeria | 2,124 | 1:18,188 | 3,335 |
| Uruguay | 255 | 1:13,458 | 1,520 |
| Abkhazia | 135 | 1:1,799 | 440 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Greece | 51 | 1:217,251 | 33,995 |
| Georgia | 49 | 1:76,440 | 7,717 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Bênia (6) are calculated separately.
Benia (2,350) may also be a first name.
Benia Demographics
Average Benia Salary in
United States
$79,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benia (Bengali: বেনিয়া, Georgian: ბენია, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻴﻪ, Oriya: େବନିଆ, Russian: Бениа) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bênia. For other possible spellings of Benia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 63,363rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 921,774 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Benia are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Benia is also the 153,382nd most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,350 people.
The last name Benia is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 4,716 people, or 1 in 162,652. In India Benia is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 79 percent live, West Bengal, where 11 percent live and Assam, where 9 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 27 percent live and Uruguay, where 3 percent live.
Benia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Benia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benia surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Benia earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 84.82% more than the national average, earning $79,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.49% less than the national average, earning $42,981 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benia in the Georgian language | ||
| ბენია | benia | - |
| Benia in the Bengali language | ||
| বেনিয়া | beniya | - |
| Benia in the Oriya language | ||
| େବନିଆ | ebani'a | 86.38 |
| େବଣିଆ | ebani'a | 6.27 |
| େବନୀଆ | ebani'a | 2.79 |
| ବନିତା | banita | 0.3 |
| ଗେଣଶ | genasa | 0.17 |
| ବନୀତା | banita | 0.09 |
| େନତ | enata | 0.09 |
| ଜେନସ | jenasa | 0.04 |
| ଗେଣର | genara | 0.04 |
| ମେନାଜ | menaja | 0.04 |
| ଗେଣନ | genana | 0.04 |
| ଗେଣଷ | genasa | 0.04 |
| Benia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻴﻪ | albnyh | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻲ | albny | 25 |
| Benia in the Russian language | ||
| Бениа | benia | - |
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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 Benia
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