Benyah Surname
Approximately 2,406 people bear this surname
Benyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,355 | 1:11,474 | 1,518 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Benyah (17) may also be a first name.
Benyah Demographics
Average Benyah Salary in
United States
$58,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benyah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benyah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 177,718th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,028,905 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benyah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is held by 2,355 people, or 1 in 11,474. Apart from Ghana Benyah exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Benyah Last Name Statistics demography
Benyah earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.
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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 Benyah
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