Benista Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Benista Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Benistà (1) are calculated separately.
Benista (31) may also be a first name.
Benista Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benista Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benista has its highest incidence in Italy. It may also appear as a variant: Benistà. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benista? popularity and diffusion
Benista is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Benista is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Benista are found; 60 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 20,385,563. In Italy Benista is most prevalent in: Lombardy, where 67 percent reside and Basilicata, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Italy this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Venezuela, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Benista
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