Benon Surname
Approximately 8,385 people bear this surname
Benon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3,721 | 1:3,054 | 749 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,730 | 1:10,608 | 954 |
| Benin | 1,369 | 1:7,550 | 1,032 |
| France | 1,017 | 1:65,312 | 8,995 |
| Papua New Guinea | 136 | 1:59,954 | 7,710 |
| Uganda | 104 | 1:375,378 | 24,063 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Sweden | 49 | 1:200,954 | 13,911 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Bénon (4) are calculated separately.
Benon (54,573) may also be a first name.
Benon Demographics
Average Benon Salary in
United States
$32,289 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benon (Arabic: بينون, Georgian: ბენონ) occurs in Rwanda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Bénon. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,115th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 869,117 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Benon reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Benon is also the 17,155th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 54,573 people.
The surname is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is carried by 3,721 people, or 1 in 3,054. Other than Rwanda Benon is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 16 percent live.
Benon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Benon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Benon surname grew 228 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Benon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Benon surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.
Benon earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.17% less than the national average, earning $32,289 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benon in the Georgian language | ||
| ბენონ | benon | - |
| Benon in the Arabic language | ||
| بينون | bynwn | - |
| بنون | bnwn | - |
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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 Benon
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