Benhama Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Benhama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 403 | 1:95,860 | 14,506 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Benhama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benhama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benhama occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benhama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benhama is the 641,055th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name Benhama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Benhama live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 403 people, or 1 in 95,860. In Algeria Benhama is mostly concentrated in: Sétif Province, where 50 percent reside, Béjaïa Province, where 47 percent reside and Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent reside and Thailand, 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Benhama
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