Bennela Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Bennela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bennela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia231:191,67512,886
India81:95,883,173728,828
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Bennela (11) may also be a first name.

Bennela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bennela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bennela is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bennela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Bennela is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Bennela are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Bennela is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia Bennela is most frequent in: Margibi County, where 74 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 22 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 4 percent reside. Not including Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Yemen, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Bennela
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