Bensifi Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Bensifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bensifi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria3361:114,97516,442
France331:2,012,810168,616
England61:9,286,343223,652

Bensifi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bensifi is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bensifi.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensifi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 761,666th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bensifi reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Mahgreb.

Bensifi is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 114,975. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Tlemcen Province, where 99 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 0 percent are found and Jijel Province, where 0 percent are found. Other than Algeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bensaifi93253/
Benssifi933/
Bensaifai881/
Bensefi861/
Bensaifa801/
Bensifer801/
Bensefa7110/
Bensefai674/
Bensefaj674/
Benzifer671/
Benseffa671/
Benchefi671/
Benseffaj6310/
Bensefaia631/
Winsiffer501/

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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 Bensifi
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