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

The surname Bensiger is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensiger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Bensiger are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bensiger is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 18 people.

This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Kerala, where 70 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 30 percent live. Outside of India Bensiger exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live.

Bensiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bensiger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bensiger last name 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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