Benjana Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Benjana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Benjana (124) may also be a first name.
Benjana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benjana (Bengali: বেঞ্জনা, Hindi: बेन्जना, Oriya: ପଧାନ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benjana is the 728,955th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Benjana are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 836,439th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 124 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Outside of Morocco this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benjana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benjana in the Bengali language | ||
| বেঞ্জনা | benjana | - |
| Benjana in the Hindi language | ||
| बेन्जना | benjana | - |
| Benjana in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 50 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Benjana
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