Benkó Surname
Approximately 1,382 people bear this surname
Benkó Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1,287 | 1:7,627 | 915 |
| Slovakia | 92 | 1:58,005 | 11,195 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Benko (14,017), Benkõ (1), Benkô (1) & Beńko (7) are calculated separately.
Benkó Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkó Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benkó is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Benko, Benkõ, Benkô or Beńko. For other potential spellings of Benkó click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkó? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benkó is the 279,656th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,273,188 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Benkó live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name Benkó is most frequent in Hungary, where it is carried by 1,287 people, or 1 in 7,627. In Hungary Benkó is primarily found in: Pest County, where 41 percent live, Nógrád County, where 15 percent live and Budapest, where 13 percent live. Barring Hungary Benkó exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 7 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benko | 93 | 14,017 | / |
| Benkõ | 93 | 1 | / |
| Benkô | 93 | 1 | / |
| Beńko | 87 | 7 | / |
| Benka | 80 | 1,801 | / |
| Benku | 80 | 34 | / |
| Benkü | 80 | 24 | / |
| Benkú | 80 | 1 | / |
| Benkóová | 77 | 67 | / |
| Benkou | 73 | 1,031 | / |
| Bienko | 73 | 649 | / |
| Boenko | 73 | 543 | / |
| Baenko | 73 | 293 | / |
| Benkka | 73 | 137 | / |
| Bencko | 73 | 100 | / |
| Bengko | 73 | 78 | / |
| Benkoe | 73 | 55 | / |
| Benkoč | 73 | 44 | / |
| Bengku | 73 | 42 | / |
| Behnka | 73 | 39 | / |
| Buenko | 73 | 37 | / |
| Benkut | 73 | 36 | / |
| Bienka | 73 | 35 | / |
| Bengka | 73 | 20 | / |
| Benkau | 73 | 19 | / |
| Benkeu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Benkaa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Benkud | 73 | 4 | / |
| Baenka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Benkaz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Benkuu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Boenka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Beenka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benkah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhenka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benkoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beenko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benkas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beunka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Benkhaa | 67 | 239 | / |
| Buengka | 67 | 148 | / |
| Benkass | 67 | 27 | / |
| Benquku | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bnka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Benkhou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Benkous | 67 | 5 | / |
| Benkosh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Benkouh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bnko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Benkout | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baengka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bengkuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beunkeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Benkaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bengkui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bengkoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biengka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baengko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benkopp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bengkat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benkopf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Behenka | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Benkó
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