Bentsil Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Bentsil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bentsil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Bentsil Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bentsil is found most in Ghana. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bentsil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 791,719th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The last name Bentsil is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bentsil live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Barring Ghana this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bentsild931/
Bentsel86101/
Bendsil860/
Bentsell800/
Benzil7756/
Bencil7724/
Ventsl771/
Biendsiel751/
Ventsel71922/
Bentzel71586/
Wentsel7129/
Bendsel7112/
Bentcel711/
Buenzil711/
Ventsilova711/
Wentzil711/
Bennzil711/
Bencill711/
Bentgel710/
Bendzsel6778/
Benzl6751/
Venttsel675/
Wentziel672/
Benchiol671/
Wentsell671/
Bentzell671/
Benchill670/
Wentshel670/

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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 Bentsil
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