Benkanoun Surname
Approximately 698 people bear this surname
Benkanoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 678 | 1:56,979 | 9,610 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Benkanoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkanoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benkanoun is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkanoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Benkanoun is the 478,427th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,440,610 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Benkanoun reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 678 people, or 1 in 56,979. In Algeria Benkanoun is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 75 percent are found, Boumerdès Province, where 24 percent are found and Blida Province, where 1 percent are found. Barring Algeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benkanoune | 95 | 1 | / |
| Benkanoum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Benkanan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Benkanane | 78 | 4 | / |
| Bencannon | 78 | 0 | / |
| Veenkannon | 74 | 0 | / |
| Bencanaan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bencanann | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vincannon | 56 | 1 | / |
| Binkasnam | 56 | 1 | / |
| Bingkongan | 53 | 3 | / |
| Bengcongan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Binkhonain | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Benkanoun
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