Benafla Surname
Approximately 1,754 people bear this surname
Benafla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,667 | 1:23,174 | 4,228 |
| France | 82 | 1:810,033 | 97,301 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bénafla (1) are calculated separately.
Benafla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benafla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benafla is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Bénafla. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benafla? popularity and diffusion
Benafla is the 230,634th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,154,815 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Benafla are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,667 people, or 1 in 23,174. In Algeria Benafla is primarily concentrated in: Chlef Province, where 31 percent live, Mascara Province, where 17 percent live and Relizane Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
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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 Benafla
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