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
Average Benza Salary in
United States
$47,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benza (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺰ, Russian: Бенза) is held by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Benža or Benźa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,523rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 748,131 people. Benza occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Benza live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Benza is also the 653,740th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 193 people.
The last name Benza is most frequently held in Angola, where it is borne by 4,930 people, or 1 in 5,474. Apart from Angola Benza exists in 67 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
Benza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Benza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Benza last name expanded 5,638 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Benza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Benza surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Christian (67%) in Kenya and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Benza last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the 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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