Benjiamin Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Benjiamin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benjiamin (68) may also be a first name.
Benjiamin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjiamin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benjiamin occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjiamin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Benjiamin are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benjiamin is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 68 people.
Benjiamin is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 33 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 8 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Benjiamin
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