Benija Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Benija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Benija (34) may also be a first name.
Benija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benija is held by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Benija click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benija is the 6,360,413th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Benija occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Benija are found; 78 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname Benija is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 604,086. In Croatia Benija is mostly found in: Virovitica-Podravina County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Croatia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live and Kenya, where 11 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 Benija
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