Bensalah Surname
Approximately 28,547 people bear this surname
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).
Read More About This SurnameBensalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 20,529 | 1:1,882 | 195 |
| Morocco | 7,055 | 1:4,887 | 561 |
| France | 266 | 1:249,709 | 38,568 |
| Spain | 190 | 1:246,063 | 15,834 |
| Belgium | 143 | 1:80,396 | 12,660 |
| Tunisia | 96 | 1:6,361 | 1,036 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Guinea | 8 | 1:1,479,227 | 1,724 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
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).
- moumou07Bensalah Demographics
Bensalah Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Bensalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bensalah is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensalah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 19,264th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 255,282 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bensalah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 314,325th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 692 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 20,529 people, or 1 in 1,882. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Oran Province, where 17 percent reside, Tlemcen Province, where 11 percent reside and Aïn Témouchent Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Algeria this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common 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 last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Bensalah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis