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Most common surname in India
People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database
The gotras associated with this surname are bharadwaj, dadich, kashyap, mahadeva and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, kali and venkateshwara.
The surname has several variations, including Benu, Benue, Benoo, Benou, Beno, Benno, Bennu, and Bennou. The religion associated with BENU surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are hindi, bengali and kannada.
from iMeUsWe Database
Uttar Pradesh
47
Maharashtra
43
Tamil Nadu
37
Bihar
15
Madhya Pradesh
13
Odisha
12
Karnataka
5
Andhra Pradesh
4
Assam
3
Delhi
2
from iMeUsWe Database
People with the surname BENU appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.
117 (61%)
Food Distribution Records
54 (28%)
Voters List
21 (11%)
Farmer Beneficiary Records
BENU families worship BHAVANI and KALI and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).
BENU is classified as a OTHERS-based surname because it is historically associated with BIRDS.
The BENU surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.
BENU families belong to multiple gotras including BHARADWAJ, DADICH, KASHYAP, MAHADEVA, RAGHUKULA.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest concentration of the BENU surname with 47 records (26.0%).
The BENU surname is written in HINDI, BENGALI, KANNADA scripts.
BENU is ranked #12836 in India with approximately 568 people bearing this surname.
The BENU surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Uttar Pradesh (26.0%), Maharashtra (23.8%), Tamil Nadu (20.4%).