von Benecke Surname

538,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 598 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

von Benecke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Benecke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5791:93,57111,423
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

von Benecke Last Name Facts

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

The surname von Benecke occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name von Benecke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 538,129th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of von Benecke reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 579 people, or 1 in 93,571. In South Africa von Benecke is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 38 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

von Benecke Last Name Statistics demography

von Benecke earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 108.69% more than the national average, earning R 495,924 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Bennecke964/
von Beneke958/
van Benecke9110/
Von-Benecke911/
von Benneke911/
von Beinke862/
von Banck8045/
von Benko801/
Vonbenk781/
von Bank74140/
Vonbenko745/
Vanbenck743/
Vonbanck742/
Von-Banck701/
Vonbank67826/
Vonbnak671/

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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 von Benecke
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