Benshams Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahrain
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Benshams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benshams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Benshams Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benshams Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Benshams is more frequently found in Bahrain than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benshams? popularity and diffusion

The surname Benshams is the 2,106,139th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Benshams is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Benshams reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name Benshams is most numerous in Bahrain, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 18,474. Barring Bahrain Benshams exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Iran, where 3 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
  • 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 Benshams
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