Bentay Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Bentay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Bentay (14) may also be a first name.
Bentay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bentay is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentay? popularity and diffusion
Bentay is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Bentay are found; 58 percent are found in West Asia and 42 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 3,537,337. In Turkey Bentay is most prevalent in: Kars Province, where 50 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 45 percent reside and Igdir Province, where 5 percent reside. Beside Turkey this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 38 percent reside and Israel, where 15 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 Bentay
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