Bensiger Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Bensiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bensiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bensiger (18) may also be a first name.

Bensiger Last Name Facts

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

Bensiger occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bensiger.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensiger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bensiger is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Bensiger occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Bensiger reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 77 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname Bensiger is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 70 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 30 percent are found. Other than India it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found.

Bensiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bensiger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bensiger surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Bensiger
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