Benmessai Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Benmessai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benmessai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria3931:98,29914,709
France31:22,140,907385,998
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Benmessai (35) may also be a first name.

Benmessai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benmessai is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benmessai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 730,373rd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Benmessai reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 35 people.

It is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 393 people, or 1 in 98,299. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tébessa Province, where 63 percent are found, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 37 percent are found and Blida Province, where 0 percent are found. Barring Algeria Benmessai occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Tunisia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Benmessai
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