Benifield Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Botswana

Benifield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benifield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
Botswana661:33,1356,513
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Benifield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Benifield is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Benifield? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 970,883rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The last name Benifield occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Benifield are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Benifield is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 1,812,295. In The United States Benifield is most numerous in: Illinois, where 16 percent are found, Alabama, where 10 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Benifield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Benifield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Benifield last name rose 392 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benifield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Benifield last name are 17.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64% being registered to vote for the party.

Benifield earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.07% less than the national average, earning $38,806 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 Benifield
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