Beniest Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Beniest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 111 | 1:103,573 | 15,679 |
| Netherlands | 72 | 1:234,544 | 30,714 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Beniest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beniest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beniest occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Beniest.
How Common Is The Last Name Beniest? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,108,016th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. The last name Beniest is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Beniest reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 103,573. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 14 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent are found and Wales, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Beniest
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