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 last name Benign is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benign? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Benign are found; 80 percent are found in East Asia and 80 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 37 people.
The surname Benign is most widespread in Taiwan, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,930,593. In Taiwan it is most common in: New Taipei City, where 100 percent live. Beside Taiwan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 10 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 10 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 Benign
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