Benokwu Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Benokwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Benokwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benokwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benokwu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benokwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Benokwu reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Benokwu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Benokwu is primarily found in: Delta, where 65 percent reside and Lagos, where 35 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Benokwu is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 19 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 Benokwu
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