Ben Ghenia Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ben Ghenia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
Ben Ghenia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Ghenia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ben Ghenia has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Ghenia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ben Ghenia live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,219,296. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Ghardaïa Province, where 33 percent are found. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 33 percent are found and Tunisia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ghania | 90 | 25 | / |
| Ben-Ghenia | 90 | 1 | / |
| bin Ghania | 80 | 1 | / |
| bin Ganiah | 70 | 5 | / |
| Ben Gaynea | 70 | 1 | / |
| bin Goniah | 70 | 1 | / |
| bin Ganihau | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Ganja | 63 | 1 | / |
| bin Ganio | 63 | 1 | / |
| bin Ganjau | 60 | 7 | / |
| bin Ginjau | 60 | 1 | / |
| bin Gonjo | 53 | 13 | / |
| bin Ganjah | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Ben Ghenia
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