Benoa Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Benoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 195 | 1:106,508 | 12,495 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Benoa (65) may also be a first name.
Benoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benoa (Russian: Беноа) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Benoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,133,308th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Benoa are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 65 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 106,508. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 86 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found and Far North Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benoa in the Russian language | ||
| Беноа | benoa | - |
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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 Benoa
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