Benkong Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Benkong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Benkong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benkong occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Benkong is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Benkong reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Benkong is most common in: East Region, where 92 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 14 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 Benkong
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