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
The last name Benjek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺠﻚ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Benjek reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 110,672. In Mauritania Benjek is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 38 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 32 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 25 percent reside and Serbia, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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 Benjek
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