Bensem Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bensem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bensem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bensem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bensem occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bensem.
How Common Is The Last Name Bensem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bensem is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Bensem occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Bensem live; 25 percent live in North Africa and 25 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 38,631,551. Barring Algeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Bensem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bensem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bensem last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bensem
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