Benula Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Benula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Benula (51) may also be a first name.
Benula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benula (Hindi: बेनुला, Marathi: बेनुला) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benula? popularity and diffusion
Benula is the 1,746,159th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname Benula occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Benula live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Benula is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 51 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Besides Malawi Benula exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benula in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनुला | benula | - |
| Benula in the Hindi language | ||
| बेनुला | benula | 66.67 |
| बेनूला | benula | 33.33 |
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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 Benula
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