Bensalah Surname

19,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Bensalah Surname User-submission:

The Bensalah surname was given after their ancestor Saleh. During the French colonialism, France gave the Algerians titles, each according to his work or even the way it is found (there are shameful titles attached to the Algerians because of France).

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Bensalah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria20,5291:1,882195
Morocco7,0551:4,887561
France2661:249,70938,568
Spain1901:246,06315,834
Belgium1431:80,39612,660
Tunisia961:6,3611,036
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Netherlands501:337,74438,500
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
England121:4,643,172139,951
Libya91:693,7751,982
Guinea81:1,479,2271,724
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660

Bensalah (692) may also be a first name.

Bensalah Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Bensalah surname was given after their ancestor Saleh. During the French colonialism, France gave the Algerians titles, each according to his work or even the way it is found (there are shameful titles attached to the Algerians because of France).

- moumou07

Bensalah Last Name Facts

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

Bensalah is most common in Algeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensalah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 19,264th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 255,282 people. Bensalah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bensalah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. Bensalah is also the 314,325th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 692 people.

Bensalah is most numerous in Algeria, where it is carried by 20,529 people, or 1 in 1,882. In Algeria Bensalah is most frequent in: Oran Province, where 17 percent reside, Tlemcen Province, where 11 percent reside and Aïn Témouchent Province, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria it occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 25 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Bensalah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bensalah surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Bensalah earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $45,246 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.4% less than the national average, earning $43,524 CAD per year.

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