Benicks Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Benicks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benicks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Benicks Last Name Facts

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

Benicks occurs most in Liberia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benicks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Benicks occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Benicks reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Benicks is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Benicks is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Benicks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Benicks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benicks last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beinicks932/
Beniks926/
Beiniks868/
Banicks861/
Benicse861/
Benichs861/
Benecks861/
Bannicks800/
Banics7738/
Benécs7729/
Boniks7714/
Benecs777/
Beneks775/
Baniks770/
Beniksova751/
Benyőcs7127/
Banecks7119/
Benekse7114/
Bonieks711/
Banniks711/
Boneiks711/
Venickx711/
Boenigs710/
Benix6710/
Bahnecks670/

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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 Benicks
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