Benchenane Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Benchenane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benchenane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria7981:48,4108,417
France261:2,554,720189,486
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Benchenane (13) may also be a first name.

Benchenane Last Name Facts

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

Benchenane is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benchenane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 420,074th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Benchenane reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 798 people, or 1 in 48,410. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Mascara Province, where 100 percent live, Béchar Province, where 0 percent live and Saïda Province, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and Italy, where 0 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
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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 Benchenane
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