Benona Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Benona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Benona (54) may also be a first name.
Benona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benona (Georgian: ბენონა) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Benona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Benona reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benona is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 54 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Benona is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benona in the Georgian language | ||
| ბენონა | benona | - |
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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 Benona
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