Bensam Surname
Approximately 569 people bear this surname
Bensam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 316 | 1:122,252 | 17,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bensam (76) may also be a first name.
Bensam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bensam is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bensam is the 558,412th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,807,638 people. The last name Bensam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Bensam live; 56 percent live in North Africa and 56 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 76 people.
Bensam is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 122,252. In Algeria Bensam is primarily found in: Mila Province, where 50 percent reside, Jijel Province, where 49 percent reside and Ouargla Province, where 0 percent reside. Beside Algeria Bensam occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 35 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Bensam
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