Benass Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Benass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﺱ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benass? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Benass occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Benass live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Without taking into account Morocco it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and Mauritania, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺎﺱ | bnas | - |
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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 Benass
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