Benarafa Surname
Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname
Benarafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| Algeria | 177 | 1:218,257 | 25,068 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Benarafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benarafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benarafa is found most in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benarafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benarafa is the 260,442nd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,832,590 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Benarafa live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is held by 1,295 people, or 1 in 26,622. Excluding Morocco it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 12 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 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
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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
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