Benize Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Benize Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Bénizé (1) are calculated separately.
Benize (132) may also be a first name.
Benize Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benize Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benize occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Bénizé. Click here for further possible spellings of Benize.
How Common Is The Last Name Benize? popularity and diffusion
Benize is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Benize are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Benize is also the 807,735th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 132 people.
The last name Benize is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 1,021,888. In France it is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 48 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent are found and Normandy, where 14 percent are found. Excluding France it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Benize
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