Benkat Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Benkat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benkat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India211:36,526,923420,161
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Benkat (128) may also be a first name.

Benkat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benkat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Benkat (Hindi: बेंकट, Marathi: बकट) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Benkat.

How Common Is The Last Name Benkat? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Benkat is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Benkat live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Benkat is also the 821,896th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 128 people.

The last name Benkat is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 38 percent reside, West Bengal, where 29 percent reside and Telangana, where 14 percent reside. Besides India it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhenkat9219/
Benkate9210/
Bengkat921/
Benkatte861/
Bencat8366/
Binkat8335/
Benkot831/
Benkaid77482/
Bengkot7718/
Binkaat7711/
Benkagy774/
Benkout772/
Binkate772/
Bhenkad771/
Binkaitė711/
Benkhadd711/
Benkoč6744/
Bencatova6738/
Vencat6712/
Bencatová676/
Binkad675/
Binkot673/
Bencať671/
Bencot671/
Bönkost6222/
Benqayd6214/
Bencaid6211/
Bencott622/
Vinkeat621/
Bingkot621/
Benkhoud5715/
Bencheit571/
Benkoddh571/
Bemkhout571/
Bencaťová531/
Bhimkhate531/

Benkat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Benkat in the Marathi language
बकटbakata93.75
बँकटbamkata6.25
Benkat in the Hindi language
बेंकटbenkata85.71
बैंकटbainkata4.76
बेन्कटbenkata4.76
बेंकतbenkata4.76

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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
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  • 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 Benkat
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