Benissan Surname

210,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Benissan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benissan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo1,6801:4,314763
France1191:558,17475,634
Benin421:246,08621,801
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Israel131:658,28045,106
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
England71:7,959,723202,100
Guinea61:1,972,3031,775
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Benissan (535) may also be a first name.

Benissan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benissan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Benissan has its highest incidence in Togo. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benissan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,468th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,716,240 people. Benissan is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Benissan live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Benissan is also the 364,566th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 535 people.

The surname is most widely held in Togo, where it is borne by 1,680 people, or 1 in 4,314. Besides Togo it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Benissan Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Benissan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.91% less than the national average, earning R 114,288 per year and in United States they earn 9.57% more than the national average, earning $47,279 USD per year.

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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 Benissan
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