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Where Does The Last Name Benise Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Benise is most common in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benise? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Benise is the 1,218,745^th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Benise are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 228,704^th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 1,200 people.

Benise is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 459,133. In South Africa Benise is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 95 percent are found, Western Cape, where 3 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Israel, where 6 percent are found.

Benise Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Benise has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Benise last name increased 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benise Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Benise surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Benise earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 17.64% more than the national average, earning R 279,564 per year and in United States they earn 38.91% more than the national average, earning $59,937 USD per year.