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 found in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Benko, Benkõ, Benkô or Beńko. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkó? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benkó is the 279,656th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,273,188 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Benkó live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
Benkó is most frequent in Hungary, where it is held by 1,287 people, or 1 in 7,627. In Hungary Benkó is mostly concentrated in: Pest County, where 41 percent are found, Nógrád County, where 15 percent are found and Budapest, where 13 percent are found. Beside Hungary this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 7 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.
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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