Benka Surname
Approximately 1,801 people bear this surname
Benka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 418 | 1:17,093 | 2,000 |
| Poland | 287 | 1:132,435 | 19,341 |
| United States | 258 | 1:1,404,880 | 96,935 |
| Brazil | 198 | 1:1,081,183 | 37,845 |
| Slovakia | 137 | 1:38,952 | 7,218 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Mauritania | 52 | 1:78,747 | 5,195 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Benka (223) may also be a first name.
Benka Demographics
Average Benka Salary in
United States
$45,026 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻜﻪ, Hindi: बेनका, Marathi: बेनका, Russian: Бенька) occurs most in Serbia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 225,618th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,046,389 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Benka are found; 26 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 25 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Benka is also the 603,623rd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 223 people.
It is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 17,093. In Serbia Benka is mostly concentrated in: South Banat District, where 45 percent reside, South Bačka District, where 39 percent reside and Belgrade, where 8 percent reside. Not including Serbia Benka is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Benka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Benka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Benka surname rose 1,075 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benka surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Benka earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.35% more than the national average, earning $45,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.67% less than the national average, earning $48,851 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benka in the Hindi language | ||
| बेनका | benaka | - |
| Benka in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनका | benaka | 95.65 |
| बेनाज | benaja | 4.35 |
| Benka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻜﻪ | bnkh | 71.43 |
| ﺑﻨﻚ | bnk | 28.57 |
| Benka in the Russian language | ||
| Бенька | benka | - |
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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 Benka
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