Benafia Surname
Approximately 1,931 people bear this surname
Benafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,881 | 1:20,538 | 3,771 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benafia is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 213,274th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,773,975 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Benafia are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This surname is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,881 people, or 1 in 20,538. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Batna Province, where 52 percent are found, Relizane Province, where 22 percent are found and Tissemsilt Province, where 21 percent are found. Not including Algeria Benafia occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and Tunisia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Benafia
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