Benign Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Benign Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Benign (37) may also be a first name.
Benign Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benign Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benign is found most in Taiwan. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benign? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Benign occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Benign live; 80 percent live in East Asia and 80 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Benign is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name globally, held by 37 people.
It is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,930,593. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: New Taipei City, where 100 percent are found. Barring Taiwan it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, 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 Benign
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