Benissa Surname
Approximately 6,111 people bear this surname
Benissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 5,535 | 1:1,128 | 293 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Benissa (290) may also be a first name.
Benissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻴﺴﻪ) is borne by more people in Libya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,794th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,192,529 people. Benissa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benissa live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 518,802nd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 290 people.
It is most widely held in Libya, where it is borne by 5,535 people, or 1 in 1,128. Excluding Libya Benissa exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 8 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻴﺴﻪ | bnysh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Benissa
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