Benue Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Benue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Benue (118) may also be a first name.
Benue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benue (Arabic: بنيو) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benue? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,281,391st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Benue occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Benue are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 118 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Benue is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 19 percent live, Gombe, where 17 percent live and Benue, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Uruguay, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benue Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benue in the Arabic language | ||
| بنيو | bnyw | - |
| بينوى | bynwy | - |
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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 Benue
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