Benza Surname
Approximately 9,741 people bear this surname
Benza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 4,930 | 1:5,474 | 762 |
| DR Congo | 1,197 | 1:61,721 | 7,343 |
| Zimbabwe | 851 | 1:18,141 | 2,675 |
| Italy | 459 | 1:133,239 | 21,406 |
| United States | 451 | 1:803,678 | 61,918 |
| Ukraine | 418 | 1:108,906 | 15,573 |
| Romania | 206 | 1:97,465 | 11,117 |
| Philippines | 188 | 1:538,501 | 61,337 |
| Peru | 144 | 1:220,723 | 9,717 |
| Argentina | 114 | 1:374,942 | 29,068 |
| Paraguay | 90 | 1:80,408 | 2,006 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Poland | 77 | 1:493,620 | 48,553 |
| Russia | 72 | 1:2,001,709 | 124,796 |
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| Belarus | 51 | 1:186,295 | 24,218 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Benža (19) & Benźa (1) are calculated separately.
Benza (193) may also be a first name.
Benza Demographics
Benza Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Benza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benza (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺰ, Russian: Бенза) is borne by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Benža or Benźa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benza is the 52,523rd most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 748,131 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Benza are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 653,740th most common first name globally. It is borne by 193 people.
Benza is most prevalent in Angola, where it is held by 4,930 people, or 1 in 5,474. Barring Angola this last name exists in 67 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found.
Benza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Benza has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benza last name increased 5,638 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Benza last name is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Christian (67%) in Kenya and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Benza surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Benza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 259.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 69,768 per year; in United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% more than the national average, earning $51,761 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺰ | bnz | 61.54 |
| ﺑﻨﺰﺍ | bnza | 30.77 |
| ﺑﻴﻨﺰﺍ | bynza | 7.69 |
| Benza in the Russian language | ||
| Бенза | benza | - |
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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 Benza
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