Benyouk Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Benyouk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Benyouk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benyouk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benyouk (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﻮﻙ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benyouk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Benyouk reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 40 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 35 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and Lebanon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benyouck | 93 | 15 | / |
| Benyuk | 92 | 930 | / |
| Benyukh | 86 | 661 | / |
| Benyoug | 86 | 131 | / |
| Beniouk | 86 | 5 | / |
| Behnyuk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Besnyuk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Benjouk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Benyough | 80 | 35 | / |
| Begnouck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Begniouk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beniuk | 77 | 244 | / |
| Bynyuk | 77 | 209 | / |
| Benjok | 77 | 89 | / |
| Benhuk | 77 | 45 | / |
| Binyuk | 77 | 12 | / |
| Venyuk | 77 | 1 | / |
| Benyukova | 75 | 20 | / |
| Begnoug | 71 | 111 | / |
| Benioug | 71 | 51 | / |
| Benjock | 71 | 49 | / |
| Bieniuk | 71 | 43 | / |
| Bainyuk | 71 | 28 | / |
| Boinyuk | 71 | 7 | / |
| Benayog | 71 | 2 | / |
| Baynyuk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Buynyuk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Benjoug | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bysnyuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Benyukhova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beinyougue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Venyukh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Betniuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Begnough | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beniough | 67 | 1 | / |
Benyouk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benyouk in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻴﻮﻙ | bnywk | 83.33 |
| ﺑﻨﺠﻮﻙ | bnjwk | 16.67 |
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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 Benyouk
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