Benna
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛnnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benna is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
- TNTunisia≈1 in 35K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 126K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 160 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)
≈340 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 126K | listed | — | 2 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Benna | 5 |
| FR France | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 243K | 18 | — | 1 |
| IT Italy | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 245K | listed | Benna | 13 |
| US United States | 215 | 1 in 1.5M | 278 | Benna | 160 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 354K | — | Benna | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the xinhua-italian-manual register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dz-kaggle-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Benna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, [bend a], ph m-, a weight of gold = 2 ounzes = 32 ddUars or acJcies = 7L4s
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In ang, nominative/accusative/genitive plural of benn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, kind of carriage
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, bucket, grab
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cel-gau, carriage
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Abd El Latif El Bannab. 1884EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian singer
- Hasan al-Bannab. 1906EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)
- Gamal al-Bannab. 1920EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian writer and trade unionist (1920-2013)
- Anna Hedwig Bennab. 1921ATAustrian archivist and historian (1921-2015)
- Maḥmūd ʻAlī Bannāb. 1926EGnot in their usual nameQuran reciter (1926–1985)
- Ahmed Seif al-Islamb. 1934EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian lawyer
- Ibrahim al-Bannab. 1965EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian al-Qaeda member (born 1965)
- Rim El Bennab. 1981TNTunisian actress
- Anthony Bennab. 1987FRFrench freestyle skier
- Abdelkhalek El-Bannab. 1988EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian rower
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 264 | #78,145 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 253 | #71,808 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 215 | #86,645 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 6 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Benna mean, and where does it come from?
- A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Benna?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛnnə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Benna have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 342 people named Benna in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Benna?
- In the United States, the national register counted 215 people named Benna in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bennaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.