Benjaya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Benjaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Benjaya (111) may also be a first name.
Benjaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benjaya is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjaya? popularity and diffusion
Benjaya is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Benjaya are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Benjaya is also the 890,531st most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 111 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Bengkulu, where 50 percent reside, Central Kalimantan, where 25 percent reside and Jambi, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Benjaya is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 11 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 Benjaya
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