Bensoy Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Bensoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 229 | 1:442,088 | 54,585 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bensoy (25) may also be a first name.
Bensoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bensoy is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bensoy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensoy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 996,001st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Bensoy live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bensoy is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 25 people.
It is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 442,088. In The Philippines Bensoy is most common in: Western Visayas, where 39 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 27 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 16 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Bensoy
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