Benjah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Benjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Benjah (23) may also be a first name.
Benjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benjah occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Benjah.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjah? popularity and diffusion
Benjah is the 6,063,924th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Benjah live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Benjah is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 23 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 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 Benjah
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