Bénes Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Bénes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
The alternate forms: Benes (6,860), Bènes (3), Beneš (10,347), Beneś (74), Benés (23), Beñes (6) & Beneş (1) are calculated separately.
Bénes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bénes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bénes has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may also appear as a variant: Benes, Bènes, Beneš, Beneś, Benés, Beñes or Beneş. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bénes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bénes live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 56 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 392,651. In Hungary Bénes is most prevalent in: Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 96 percent are found and Pest County, where 4 percent are found. Not including Hungary Bénes occurs in one country. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 44 percent are found.
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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 Bénes
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