Benjame Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Benjame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Benjame (503) may also be a first name.
Benjame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benjame has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Benjame reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 377,962nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 503 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 21 percent reside, Niger, where 17 percent reside and Kaduna, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Benjame is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Benjame
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