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 last name Benyan (Georgian: ბენიანი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﺎﻥ, Russian: Бенян) occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Benyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benyan? popularity and diffusion
Benyan is the 2,273,756th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname 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. Benyan is also the 66,913th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 8,764 people.
The surname Benyan is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 86,442. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Lofa County, where 35 percent reside, Bong County, where 29 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 20 percent reside. Barring Liberia Benyan exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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 share of the population with the surname contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 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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