Benjament Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Benjament Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Benjament (26) may also be a first name.
Benjament Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjament Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benjament has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjament? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Benjament is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Benjament are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benjament is also the 2,084,397th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 26 people.
Benjament is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Benjament is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 25 percent live, Nasarawa, where 25 percent live and Ogun, where 25 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.
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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 Benjament
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