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) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as: Bênia. For other possible spellings of Benia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 63,363rd most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 921,774 people. The last name Benia occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Benia live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 153,382nd most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 2,350 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 4,716 people, or 1 in 162,652. In India it is most common in: Odisha, where 79 percent are found, West Bengal, where 11 percent are found and Assam, where 9 percent are found. Aside from India it exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 27 percent are found and Uruguay, where 3 percent are found.
Benia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Benia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Benia surname rose 1,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Benia last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being 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
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- 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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