Bentaya Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Bentaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 451 | 1:85,658 | 13,273 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Bentaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bentaya is found most in Algeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentaya? popularity and diffusion
Bentaya is the 645,032nd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. Bentaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bentaya reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Bentaya is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 85,658. In Algeria Bentaya is most numerous in: Batna Province, where 54 percent are found, Médéa Province, where 46 percent are found and Tlemcen Province, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Algeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Bentaya
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