Benessy Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Benessy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
Benessy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benessy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benessy is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benessy? popularity and diffusion
Benessy is the 1,104,724th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Benessy reside; 62 percent reside in North Africa and 62 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Benessy is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 34 percent live and Switzerland, where 5 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 Benessy
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