Benkens Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Benkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benkens is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkens? popularity and diffusion
Benkens is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Benkens is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Benkens are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,776,050. In Germany Benkens is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 100 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bienkens | 93 | 104 | / |
| Beenkens | 93 | 102 | / |
| Beunkens | 93 | 4 | / |
| Behnkens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Beunckens | 88 | 217 | / |
| Benkins | 86 | 30 | / |
| Wenkens | 86 | 16 | / |
| Bencens | 86 | 8 | / |
| Binkens | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wenckens | 80 | 61 | / |
| Benkendje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Winkens | 71 | 2,255 | / |
| Binkins | 71 | 39 | / |
| Venkins | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vinkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bemkins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Venckns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Winckens | 67 | 57 | / |
| Vinckens | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vincens | 57 | 1,146 | / |
| Binkinz | 57 | 12 | / |
| Winkins | 57 | 8 | / |
| Wimkens | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vinkins | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vinquens | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Benkens
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