Benins Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Benins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Bēniņš (1) are calculated separately.

Benins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Benins is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bēniņš. Click here to see other potential spellings of Benins.

How Common Is The Last Name Benins? popularity and diffusion

Benins is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Benins is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Benins reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Benins is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 65 percent live, Arizona, where 12 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent live and Latvia, where 19 percent live.

Benins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Benins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Benins surname rose 425 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benins Last Name Statistics demography

Benins earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.85% less than the national average, earning $29,838 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beninss921/
Banins8318/
Benens833/
Bonins832/
Binins832/
Bēniņš831/
Wenins830/
Binions77157/
Beneens77117/
Beunens7790/
Beenens7761/
Bienens7724/
Baenens772/
Beynens771/
Benimse771/
Venijns771/
Bonnins771/
Benyons770/
Beunnens7146/
Bonnijns7122/
Beninche711/
Bynens67729/
Banens67332/
Winins6713/
Bonens672/
Binens672/
Venens671/
Vinins671/
Wynins670/
Wenens670/

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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 Benins
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