Benias Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Benias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
The alternate forms: Beñias (1) are calculated separately.
Benias (1,661) may also be a first name.
Benias Demographics
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Benias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benias occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Beñias. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benias? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 662,685th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Benias reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Benias is also the 188,949th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 1,661 people.
The surname Benias is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Without taking into account Malawi Benias occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent live and Greece, where 11 percent live.
Benias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benias surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Benias earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.69% less than the national average, earning $38,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.99% more than the national average, earning $59,614 CAD per year.
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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 Benias
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