Benica Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Benica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 389 | 1:550,320 | 20,605 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Benicá (22) are calculated separately.
Benica (167) may also be a first name.
Benica Demographics
Average Benica Salary in
United States
$36,235 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benica is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Benicá. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benica? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benica is the 659,458th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Benica live; 89 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Luso-South America. Benica is also the 708,111th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 167 people.
This last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 550,320. In Brazil Benica is primarily found in: Espírito Santo, where 37 percent live, São Paulo, where 29 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 20 percent live. Apart from Brazil Benica occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.
Benica Last Name Statistics demography
Benica earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.02% less than the national average, earning $36,235 USD 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 Benica
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