Bneijara Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bneijara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bneijara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania2021:20,2721,829
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

The alternate forms: Bneïjara (1) are calculated separately.

Bneijara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bneijara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭﻩ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bneïjara. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bneijara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Bneijara is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bneijara live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 20,272. In Mauritania Bneijara is primarily found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 19 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent reside. Barring Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 2 percent reside and Senegal, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bneijara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bneijara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭﻩabnyjarh66.67
ﺍﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭabnyjar20.83
ﺃﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭabnyjar6.25
ﺍﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭﺍabnyjara4.17
ﺍﺑﻨﻴﺠﺎﺭﺓabnyjart2.08

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bneijara
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