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
Benue (Arabic: بنيو) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benue? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,281,391st most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Benue is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Benue live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 118 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 19 percent are found, Gombe, where 17 percent are found and Benue, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Uruguay, where 5 percent are found.
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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