Benischek Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Benischek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benischek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2501:34,0625,465
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Beníschek (2) are calculated separately.

Benischek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benischek occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Beníschek. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benischek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Benischek is the 596,518th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Benischek live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Benischek is most frequently held in Austria, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 34,062. In Austria Benischek is most frequent in: Lower Austria, where 43 percent are found, Vienna, where 22 percent are found and Upper Austria, where 11 percent are found. Besides Austria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.

Benischek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Benischek last name are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Benischek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.61% less than the national average, earning $42,454 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.45% more than the national average, earning $52,889 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Benischek
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