Bensalma Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Bensalma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 398 | 1:97,064 | 14,619 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Bensalma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensalma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bensalma is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensalma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 684,148th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bensalma reside; 92 percent reside in North Africa and 92 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 97,064. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Boumerdès Province, where 41 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 39 percent are found and Blida Province, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 1 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
- 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 Bensalma
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