Benichon Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Benichon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benichon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France161:4,151,420237,746
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

The alternate forms: Bénichon (2) are calculated separately.

Benichon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benichon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Benichon is found most in France. It may be rendered as a variant: Bénichon. Click here for other possible spellings of Benichon.

How Common Is The Last Name Benichon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Benichon occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Benichon reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Benichon is most widespread in France, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France it is most common in: Normandy, where 63 percent live, Brittany, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Excluding France Benichon occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.

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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 Benichon
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