Benjeman Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Benjeman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benjeman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Benjeman (107) may also be a first name.

Benjeman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benjeman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Benjeman occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benjeman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Benjeman is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Benjeman live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benjeman is also the 910,230th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 107 people.

The surname Benjeman is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Liberia, where 13 percent live.

Benjeman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Benjeman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benjeman last name contracted 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Benjeman
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