Benigay Surname
Approximately 2,872 people bear this surname
Benigay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,856 | 1:35,448 | 5,401 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Benigay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benigay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benigay is found most in The Philippines. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benigay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 153,119th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,537,446 people. Benigay occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Benigay are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Benigay is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 2,856 people, or 1 in 35,448. In The Philippines Benigay is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 36 percent live, Western Visayas, where 25 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Benigay
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