Benuel Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Benuel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Honduras | 13 | 1:678,188 | 3,875 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Benuel (497) may also be a first name.
Benuel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benuel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benuel is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benuel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 35 percent of Benuel are found; 30 percent are found in Central America and 30 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Benuel is also the 380,582nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 497 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Benuel is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 93 percent reside and West Sepik, where 7 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Benuel occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Honduras, where 28 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 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 Benuel
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