Benie Surname
Approximately 11,124 people bear this surname
Benie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9,668 | 1:2,386 | 233 |
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Congo | 20 | 1:249,455 | 8,571 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Benié (12), Bénie (9) & Bénié (4) are calculated separately.
Benie (32,222) may also be a first name.
Benie Demographics
Average Benie Salary in
United States
$43,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benie (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﻪ) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant: Benié, Bénie or Bénié. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,606th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 655,119 people. The surname Benie is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Benie reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benie is also the 26,362nd most frequent given name globally, held by 32,222 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 9,668 people, or 1 in 2,386. In The Ivory Coast Benie is most common in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 27 percent reside, Comoé District, where 24 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
Benie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Benie has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 29 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benie Last Name Statistics demography
Benie earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,312 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benie in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻴﻪ | bnyh | - |
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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 Benie
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