Bennigan Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bennigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bennigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bennigan Last Name Facts

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

Bennigan is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bennigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bennigan is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Bennigan is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Bennigan are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Bennigan is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States it is mostly found in: Indiana, where 31 percent are found, Michigan, where 10 percent are found and North Carolina, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Bennigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bennigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bennigan surname increased 3,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bennigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Bennigan surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bennigan surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 88.89% registered to vote for the party.

Bennigan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.69% less than the national average, earning $32,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wennigan883/
Bennigham820/
Bennighausen800/
Bennugoon711/
Bönnighausen70166/
Bnigham670/
Winnegan6395/
Vinnegan630/
Winnigham5916/
Bnegam573/
Bnegaum531/

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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 Bennigan
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