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 occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,612,213th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Benkei live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 99,154. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 69 percent live, Budapest, where 12 percent live and Komárom-Esztergom County, where 9 percent live. Not including Hungary this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 10 percent live and Ukraine, where 4 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 Benkei
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