Benkaba Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Benkaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benkaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria3581:107,90915,712
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Benkaba Last Name Facts

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

Benkaba is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benkaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 783,439th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benkaba live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname Benkaba is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 107,909. In Algeria Benkaba is mostly found in: Tlemcen Province, where 99 percent are found and Tindouf Province, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Algeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benkaaba9314/
Benkhaba934/
Benkatbach822/
Benkabou8089/
Binkabas801/
Benkabous752/
Benkaboch751/
Benkobi712/
Benkaibich711/
Benkoova676/
Venckava673/
Bencabio671/
Benkobich631/
Vencoba571/
Benkőóvá534/
Benkohve531/

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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 Benkaba
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