Benjen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Benjen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benjen (69) may also be a first name.
Benjen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benjen is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benjen is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Benjen is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Benjen live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benjen is also the 1,171,416th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 69 people.
The last name Benjen is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Benjen is most frequent in: Abia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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 Benjen
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