Benjamins Surname

145,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Benjamins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benjamins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,1181:7,973975
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
United States2081:1,742,591114,999
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Germany1081:745,42156,003
England431:1,295,76958,667
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
France131:5,109,440259,941
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Benjamins (65) may also be a first name.

Benjamins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benjamins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Benjamins is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Benjamins.

How Common Is The Last Name Benjamins? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 145,985th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,398,008 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Benjamins live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. Benjamins is also the 1,212,820th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 65 people.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,118 people, or 1 in 7,973. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Drenthe, where 45 percent reside, Overijssel, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Benjamins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Benjamins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benjamins surname rose 990 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benjamins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Benjamins are 1.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55% being registered with the party.

The amount Benjamins earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.57% more than the national average, earning $50,299 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.82% more than the national average, earning $53,568 CAD per year.

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Benjamins Reference & Research

Benjamin DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Benjamin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Benjamins
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