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
The last name Benafla is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Bénafla. For other possible spellings of Benafla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benafla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 230,634th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,154,815 people. The surname Benafla occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Benafla live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 1,667 people, or 1 in 23,174. In Algeria Benafla is most prevalent in: Chlef Province, where 31 percent reside, Mascara Province, where 17 percent reside and Relizane Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Algeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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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