Beñez Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Beñez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Beñez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2231:453,98355,455
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Benez (450) & Benèz (1) are calculated separately.

Beñez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Beñez Come From? nationality or country of origin

Beñez occurs most in The Philippines. It can occur in the variant forms: Benez or Benèz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Beñez? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Beñez reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Beñez is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 453,983. In The Philippines Beñez is primarily found in: Western Visayas, where 54 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 25 percent live and National Capital Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 6 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benez93450/
Beiñez911/
Benèz871/
Biñez8012/
Beñes806/
Boñez802/
Veñez801/
Bengez73523/
Benesz73291/
Beynez73213/
Benetz73158/
Benecz7365/
Begnez7354/
Beniez7329/
Benezs7311/
Benhez738/
Beanez737/
Benerz736/
Banñez732/
Bienez732/
Baneez731/
Bhañez731/
Baenez731/
Bene6733,765/
Beignez6718/
Beiniez6710/
Benietz676/
Bengetz671/
Beañ671/
Beneitz671/
Benecze671/
Benieez671/
Beangez670/
Boeneiz670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Beñez
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