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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benjy? popularity and diffusion
Benjy is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Benjy are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,038th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,963 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Benjy is most frequent in: Oyo, where 60 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 20 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, 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 Benjy
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