Ben Selma Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ben Selma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 18 | 1:2,146,197 | 43,941 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Ben Selma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Selma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ben Selma is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Selma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Ben Selma occurs mostly in Africa, where 152 percent of Ben Selma reside; 152 percent reside in North Africa and 152 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Ben Selma is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,146,197. Excluding Algeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 74 percent live and France, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Selmi | 89 | 230 | / |
| Ben-Selma | 89 | 8 | / |
| Ben Slema | 89 | 5 | / |
| Ben Zelma | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ben Selmy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ben Zelmat | 84 | 33 | / |
| bin Selmat | 84 | 8 | / |
| bin Selmas | 84 | 6 | / |
| Ben Zelmatt | 80 | 1 | / |
| bin Slmat | 78 | 1 | / |
| bin Selmi | 78 | 1 | / |
| bin Silmi | 67 | 5 | / |
| bin Zelmi | 67 | 2 | / |
| bin Silmo | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Jilmo | 56 | 3 | / |
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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 Ben Selma
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