Bennwitz Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bennwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bennwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
United States181:20,136,607622,629

Bennwitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bennwitz is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bennwitz? popularity and diffusion

Bennwitz is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Bennwitz occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Bennwitz live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bennwitz is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 2,439,559. In Germany Bennwitz is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 58 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent are found.

Bennwitz Last Name Statistics demography

Bennwitz earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 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 Bennwitz
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