Benkö Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Benkö Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 437 | 1:19,486 | 3,027 |
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| Hungary | 58 | 1:169,246 | 14,882 |
| Slovakia | 49 | 1:108,907 | 20,583 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Benkõ (1) are calculated separately.
Benkö Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkö Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benkö is found most in Austria. It may also occur as a variant: Benkõ. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkö? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benkö is the 477,400th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The surname Benkö is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Benkö are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 19,486. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Burgenland, where 46 percent are found, Vienna, where 23 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 22 percent are found. Beside Austria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent are found and Hungary, where 8 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
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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 Benkö
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