Benfissa Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Benfissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 611 | 1:63,227 | 10,458 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
Benfissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benfissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benfissa is found most frequently in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benfissa? popularity and diffusion
Benfissa is the 499,597th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Benfissa live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 611 people, or 1 in 63,227. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Relizane Province, where 37 percent are found, Naâma Province, where 27 percent are found and Blida Province, where 20 percent are found. Not including Algeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Benfissa
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