Benkacem Surname

119,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,856 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Benkacem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benkacem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1,8741:18,3972,834
Algeria1,7691:21,8383,988
France831:800,27496,515
Spain641:730,50131,369
England171:3,277,533109,658
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Benkacem (13) may also be a first name.

Benkacem Last Name Facts

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

Benkacem is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benkacem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 119,210th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,889,924 people. Benkacem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Benkacem are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Mahgreb. Benkacem is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 13 people.

The surname Benkacem is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is held by 1,874 people, or 1 in 18,397. Without taking into account Morocco this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 46 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bnkacem931/
Benqacem88182/
Benkasem889/
Benkacim881/
Bemkacem881/
Benkassem821,064/
Binkasem75192/
Benkazim754/
Binkazem751/
Benqassem7119/
Benkassim714/
Bencoseme712/
Binkasim6318/
Binkosem634/
Benqasim634/
Binkassim5915/
Binqassem591/
Binqasim508/
Vinkasim501/

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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 Benkacem
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