Bentum Surname

39,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Bentum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bentum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana12,6771:2,131347
Netherlands3351:50,4098,633
Nigeria1201:1,476,19056,575
United States771:4,707,259244,676
England481:1,160,79354,689
Canada441:837,40065,151
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Liberia231:191,67512,886
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Bentum (11) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benthum9226/
Bentoum923/
Bendtoum861/
Bentoume861/
Wentum83509/
Bintum83117/
Bentom8313/
Ventum834/
Bentun831/
Benthom7718/
Bintume7715/
Bentune779/
Ventoum779/
Bentung774/
Wentoum771/
Wentume771/
Bentoom771/
Ventoume7136/
Benton6762,337/
Benthusen6740/
Bintom6717/
Bintun676/
Wintum675/
Benthuysn671/
Wentom671/
Benthuysen6320/
Bentoen6212/
Bentton6211/
Bennton627/
Bintung625/
Benthon624/
Beenton622/
Bendton621/
Bentonn621/
Bintoom621/
Bentouchent591/
Bintoung571/
Binton501,919/
Vyntun5017/
Wintom506/
Bntton505/
Vintun502/
Bynton501/

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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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