Benchahba Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Benchahba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benchahba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Benchahba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benchahba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Benchahba is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Benchahba.

How Common Is The Last Name Benchahba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Benchahba reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name Benchahba is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Not including Morocco this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 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 Benchahba
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