Beniam Surname
Approximately 2,944 people bear this surname
Beniam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Béniám (8) are calculated separately.
Beniam (1,992) may also be a first name.
Beniam Demographics
Average Beniam Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Beniam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beniam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beniam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﺎﻡ, Oriya: େବନିଆମ) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Béniám. Click here to see other potential spellings of Beniam.
How Common Is The Last Name Beniam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Beniam is the 149,952nd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,475,389 people. The last name Beniam occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Beniam reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 169,419th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,992 people.
This last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Apart from Ethiopia Beniam exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Beniam Last Name Statistics demography
Beniam earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beniam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beniam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻴﺎﻡ | bnyam | - |
| Beniam in the Oriya language | ||
| େବନିଆମ | ebani'ama | - |
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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 Beniam
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