Benhamu

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries

/benamu/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Benhamu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country: 122 people, counted by INE.

  • ESSpain1 in 410K(measured from records)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 420Kfew records
  • ARArgentina1 in 875K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

122 people

Record sources
58 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 410K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

How to pronounce Benhamu

  • Spanish:/benamu/(machine-generated) model-generated
  • Swahili:/ɓɛnhɑmu/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname Benhamu is found

(measured from records)

Benhamu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Benhamu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain1221 in 410K122Benhamu26
VE Venezuela≈68 est.≈1 in 416K—Benhamu18
US United States≈61 est.≈1 in 5.5MlistedBenhamu58
AR Argentina521 in 875K52Benhamu15
CA Canada≈26 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Benhamu3
IL Israel≈20 est.≈1 in 503K—Benhamu3
PA Panama≈6 est.≈1 in 697K—Benhamu7

122 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Benhamu is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Benhamú

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Benhamú

  • Hebrew surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Morocco, Tunisia

    Also written Ben-Hamu

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Benhamú

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalEstimado/a Benhamu,Dear Benhamu, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Benhamu,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Benhamu?
It depends on the language: in Spanish /benamu/; in Swahili /ɓɛnhɑmu/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Benhamu?
In Spain, the national register counted about 122 people named Benhamu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benhamu. After it come Venezuela, United States, Argentina and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Benhamu most common?
Benhamu is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 410 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Benhamu?
In Spain, the national register counted 122 people named Benhamu, about 1 in 410 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benhamu” — ranked 23836th in Spain (INE). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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