Beniah Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Beniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Beniah (628) may also be a first name.
Beniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beniah is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Beniah is the 1,338,236th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Beniah reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Beniah is also the 332,375th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 628 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 36 percent are found, Ondo, where 34 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Beniah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Beniah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 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 Beniah
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