Benhafsa Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Benhafsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 684 | 1:56,479 | 9,549 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Benhafsa (56) may also be a first name.
Benhafsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benhafsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benhafsa is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benhafsa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Benhafsa is the 482,070th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Benhafsa reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,321,957th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 56 people.
The surname Benhafsa is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 56,479. In Algeria Benhafsa is most frequent in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 69 percent reside, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 16 percent reside and Souk Ahras Province, where 15 percent reside. Barring Algeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 1 percent reside and Lebanon, where 0 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Benhafsa
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