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 last name Bentaya is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentaya? popularity and diffusion
Bentaya is the 645,032nd most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bentaya reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 85,658. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Batna Province, where 54 percent live, Médéa Province, where 46 percent live and Tlemcen Province, where 0 percent live. Besides Algeria Bentaya exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 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
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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
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