Bentum Surname
Approximately 13,395 people bear this surname
Bentum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 12,677 | 1:2,131 | 347 |
| Netherlands | 335 | 1:50,409 | 8,633 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bentum (11) may also be a first name.
Bentum Demographics
Average Bentum Salary in
United States
$46,316 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bentum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bentum is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 39,199th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 544,050 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bentum reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
It is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 12,677 people, or 1 in 2,131. Barring Ghana it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Bentum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bentum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bentum surname grew 3,850 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bentum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Bentum last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bentum earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.57% more than the national average, earning R 286,524 per year; in United States they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $46,316 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.79% more than the national average, earning $51,067 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benthum | 92 | 26 | / |
| Bentoum | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bendtoum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bentoume | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wentum | 83 | 509 | / |
| Bintum | 83 | 117 | / |
| Bentom | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ventum | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bentun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Benthom | 77 | 18 | / |
| Bintume | 77 | 15 | / |
| Bentune | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ventoum | 77 | 9 | / |
| Bentung | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wentoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wentume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bentoom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ventoume | 71 | 36 | / |
| Benton | 67 | 62,337 | / |
| Benthusen | 67 | 40 | / |
| Bintom | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bintun | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wintum | 67 | 5 | / |
| Benthuysn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wentom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benthuysen | 63 | 20 | / |
| Bentoen | 62 | 12 | / |
| Bentton | 62 | 11 | / |
| Bennton | 62 | 7 | / |
| Bintung | 62 | 5 | / |
| Benthon | 62 | 4 | / |
| Beenton | 62 | 2 | / |
| Bendton | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bentonn | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bintoom | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bentouchent | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bintoung | 57 | 1 | / |
| Binton | 50 | 1,919 | / |
| Vyntun | 50 | 17 | / |
| Wintom | 50 | 6 | / |
| Bntton | 50 | 5 | / |
| Vintun | 50 | 2 | / |
| Bynton | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bentum
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