Bentala Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Bentala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Algeria | 53 | 1:728,897 | 41,087 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bentala (27) may also be a first name.
Bentala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bentala occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 961,438th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Bentala is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bentala are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bentala is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 27 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi Bentala is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 20 percent reside and France, where 1 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
- 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 Bentala
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