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 surname Benjek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺠﻚ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Benjek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Benjek occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Benjek reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 110,672. In Mauritania Benjek is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 38 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 32 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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