Benkei Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Benkei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 99 | 1:99,154 | 9,620 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Benkei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benkei is found most in Hungary. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkei? popularity and diffusion
Benkei is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Benkei reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 79 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 99,154. In Hungary Benkei is most prevalent in: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 69 percent are found, Budapest, where 12 percent are found and Komárom-Esztergom County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Hungary Benkei exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 10 percent are found and Ukraine, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Benkei
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