Benta Surname
Approximately 3,138 people bear this surname
Benta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 912 | 1:22,015 | 2,820 |
| Brazil | 481 | 1:445,061 | 16,862 |
| Tanzania | 439 | 1:120,596 | 11,477 |
| Kenya | 195 | 1:236,820 | 16,541 |
| Indonesia | 152 | 1:870,060 | 65,341 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| United States | 133 | 1:2,725,255 | 163,031 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 114 | 1:870 | 151 |
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Venezuela | 38 | 1:794,844 | 12,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Colombia | 33 | 1:1,447,699 | 10,684 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Benta (21,029) may also be a first name.
Benta Demographics
Benta Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Benta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benta (Georgian: ბენტა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺘﻪ, Hindi: बेन्ता, Russian: Бента) occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benta? popularity and diffusion
Benta is the 141,947th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,322,354 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 38 percent of Benta live; 29 percent live in Eastern Europe and 29 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 36,429th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 21,029 people.
The last name Benta is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 912 people, or 1 in 22,015. In Romania it is mostly found in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 19 percent reside, Maramureș County, where 12 percent reside and Cluj County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Romania this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 14 percent reside.
Benta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Benta has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 887 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Benta last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Benta surname are 20.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Benta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 33.31% less than the national average, earning $15,140,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.09% less than the national average, earning $41,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.57% more than the national average, earning $61,892 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benta in the Georgian language | ||
| ბენტა | benta | - |
| Benta in the Hindi language | ||
| बेन्ता | benta | 71.43 |
| बेंटा | benta | 14.29 |
| बेनता | benata | 14.29 |
| Benta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺘﻪ | bnth | 40.38 |
| ﺑﻨﺖ | bnt | 38.46 |
| ﺑﻨﺘﺎ | bnta | 19.23 |
| Benta in the Russian language | ||
| Бента | benta | - |
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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 Benta
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