Bennah Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Bennah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bennah (823) may also be a first name.
Bennah Demographics
Average Bennah Salary in
United States
$18,671 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bennah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bennah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bennah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bennah.
How Common Is The Last Name Bennah? popularity and diffusion
Bennah is the 754,238th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Bennah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bennah is also the 284,830th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 823 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Bennah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bennah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bennah last name expanded 875 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bennah Last Name Statistics demography
Bennah earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.73% less than the national average, earning $18,671 USD per year.
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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 Bennah
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