Benyan Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Benyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Benyan (8,764) may also be a first name.
Benyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benyan (Georgian: ბენიანი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﺎﻥ, Russian: Бенян) is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benyan? popularity and diffusion
Benyan is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Benyan are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 66,913th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 8,764 people.
The surname Benyan is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 86,442. In Liberia Benyan is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 35 percent reside, Bong County, where 29 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and Georgia, where 4 percent reside.
Benyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Benyan has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Benyan surname declined 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benyan in the Georgian language | ||
| ბენიანი | beniani | - |
| Benyan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻴﺎﻥ | bnyan | - |
| Benyan in the Russian language | ||
| Бенян | benan | - |
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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
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- 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 Benyan
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