Benjy Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Benjy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Benjy (1,963) may also be a first name.
Benjy Demographics
Average Benjy Salary in
England
£18,684
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Benjy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benjy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benjy is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Benjy reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,038th most common forename on earth, held by 1,963 people.
The surname Benjy is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 60 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 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 Benjy
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