Benmelha Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Benmelha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benmelha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2641:146,33219,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397

Benmelha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benmelha occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Benmelha.

How Common Is The Last Name Benmelha? popularity and diffusion

The last name Benmelha is the 973,426th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname Benmelha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benmelha are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 146,332. In Algeria Benmelha is mostly concentrated in: Relizane Province, where 98 percent reside, Aïn Témouchent Province, where 2 percent reside and Mascara Province, where 0 percent reside. Besides Algeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benmelaha944/
Benmelhah941/
Benmelad885/
Benmelah882/
Benmleha881/
Binmelha881/
Benmelia881/
Benmila809/
Benmilat758/
Benmaila754/
Benmilad754/
Benmilia751/
Benmeslout671/
Benmilou631/
Bemmeley630/
Benmiloud594,483/
Benmailoud561/

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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 Benmelha
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