Beniss Surname
Approximately 657 people bear this surname
Beniss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Beniss (10) may also be a first name.
Beniss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beniss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beniss occurs most in Morocco. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beniss? popularity and diffusion
The last name Beniss is the 500,792nd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,092,155 people. The surname Beniss is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Beniss reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb. Beniss is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Apart from Morocco this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Beniss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Beniss has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Beniss last name decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Beniss
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