Benchekh Surname
Approximately 673 people bear this surname
Benchekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Benchékh (1) are calculated separately.
Benchekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benchekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benchekh occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Benchékh. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benchekh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benchekh is the 491,715th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Benchekh reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Not including Morocco it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 1 percent reside and Algeria, 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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