Benye Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Benye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Hungary | 41 | 1:239,421 | 19,309 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Benyé (1) are calculated separately.
Benye (120) may also be a first name.
Benye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻲ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Benyé. For other potential spellings of Benye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benye is the 874,560th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Benye are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benye is also the 852,104th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 120 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Benye is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 45 percent reside, Kebbi, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻲ | bny | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻴﻪ | albnyh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻴﺔ | albnyt | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻲ | albny | 14.29 |
| ﺑﻨﻴﻪ | bnyh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﺑﻨﻴﻪ | abnyh | 14.29 |
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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 Benye
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