Bensefia Surname
Approximately 2,306 people bear this surname
Bensefia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,881 | 1:20,538 | 3,771 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bensefia (40) may also be a first name.
Bensefia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensefia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bensefia has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensefia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 184,066th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,160,254 people. Bensefia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bensefia are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb. Bensefia is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 40 people.
The surname Bensefia is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,881 people, or 1 in 20,538. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 42 percent live, Tiaret Province, where 40 percent live and Tlemcen Province, where 7 percent live. Not including Algeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 16 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
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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 Bensefia
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