Benjek Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Benjek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 37 | 1:110,672 | 6,692 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Benjek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benjek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺠﻚ) is found most in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Benjek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Benjek live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 110,672. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 38 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 32 percent live and Tagant Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 25 percent live and Serbia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benjek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benjek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺠﻚ | bnjk | - |
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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 Benjek
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