Ben Forename
1,337th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 718,750 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Ben Forename Definition:
The usual, more manly, diminutive of Benjamin, not of Benedict.
Ben Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 194,008 | 1:1,869 | 373 |
| Uganda | 99% | 46,709 | 1:877 | 150 |
| Ghana | 100% | 45,848 | 1:589 | 138 |
| Iraq | 99% | 42,405 | 1:826 | 203 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 39,545 | 1:4,490 | 756 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 38,035 | 1:444 | 78 |
| England | 100% | 37,259 | 1:1,492 | 283 |
| Philippines | 99% | 36,486 | 1:2,905 | 556 |
| South Africa | 100% | 22,437 | 1:2,430 | 415 |
| Israel | 99% | 15,359 | 1:547 | 99 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 15,241 | 1:535 | 57 |
| Canada | 100% | 14,026 | 1:2,362 | 474 |
| Rwanda | - | 9,427 | 1:1,206 | 257 |
| Vietnam | 76% | 8,251 | 1:11,226 | 429 |
| Zambia | - | 6,769 | 1:2,342 | 420 |
| Malawi | 98% | 6,599 | 1:2,593 | 485 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,528 | 1:4,720 | 750 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 6,407 | 1:1,803 | 339 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,030 | 1:1,905 | 435 |
| Togo | - | 6,016 | 1:1,203 | 168 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Morocco | - | 5,541 | 1:6,199 | 598 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 5,458 | 1:13,526 | 1,247 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,454 | 1:2,828 | 508 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,156 | 1:7,333 | 1,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,682 | 1:9,890 | 1,269 |
| Liberia | 99% | 4,566 | 1:966 | 187 |
| Libya | - | 4,407 | 1:1,412 | 273 |
| Indonesia | - | 4,115 | 1:62,689 | 7,616 |
| Syria | - | 3,366 | 1:5,736 | 652 |
| India | 69% | 3,270 | 1:371,522 | 32,518 |
| China | - | 3,163 | 1:431,886 | 24,502 |
| France | 100% | 2,959 | 1:22,464 | 976 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,796 | 1:34,577 | 1,213 |
| Poland | 95% | 2,639 | 1:14,410 | 576 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,405 | 1:242 | 36 |
| Cambodia | 69% | 2,235 | 1:7,281 | 1,033 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2,105 | 1:18,136 | 1,130 |
| Thailand | 98% | 2,024 | 1:34,617 | 4,149 |
| Fiji | - | 1,985 | 1:450 | 50 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,894 | 1:2,395 | 431 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| Wales | 99% | 1,617 | 1:1,914 | 358 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,502 | 1:13,848 | 1,956 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,475 | 1:62,306 | 3,315 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,325 | 1:12,813 | 1,019 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,280 | 1:3,628 | 417 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,267 | 1:101,015 | 4,523 |
| Italy | 95% | 1,252 | 1:48,772 | 1,334 |
| Malaysia | 71% | 1,246 | 1:24,438 | 2,366 |
| Gabon | - | 1,243 | 1:1,515 | 363 |
| Russia | 97% | 1,156 | 1:124,770 | 2,215 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,102 | 1:5,705 | 1,019 |
| Australia | - | 1,096 | 1:12,461 | 1,064 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Scotland | 100% | 941 | 1:5,686 | 507 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 803 | 1:26,912 | 2,162 |
| Taiwan | 98% | 686 | 1:34,650 | 5,735 |
| Tunisia | - | 684 | 1:990 | 207 |
| Comoros | - | 627 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Chad | 100% | 618 | 1:22,004 | 2,892 |
| Namibia | - | 570 | 1:4,218 | 657 |
| Norway | 100% | 565 | 1:9,084 | 833 |
| Swaziland | - | 538 | 1:2,417 | 531 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 534 | 1:15,381 | 1,235 |
| Somalia | - | 479 | 1:28,238 | 1,811 |
| Sweden | 97% | 413 | 1:23,869 | 1,574 |
| Botswana | 100% | 411 | 1:5,315 | 882 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 380 | 1:138,917 | 6,781 |
| Samoa | - | 365 | 1:535 | 163 |
| Spain | 100% | 343 | 1:135,656 | 3,367 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 325 | 1:5,671 | 605 |
| Malta | - | 324 | 1:1,325 | 283 |
| Bahrain | - | 281 | 1:4,800 | 775 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Senegal | 95% | 257 | 1:56,737 | 2,142 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 250 | 1:8,160 | 1,194 |
| Denmark | - | 220 | 1:25,680 | 1,346 |
| South Korea | 100% | 216 | 1:25,669 | 2,231 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 213 | 1:144,537 | 3,727 |
| Qatar | - | 199 | 1:11,908 | 1,879 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 179 | 1:31,439 | 1,922 |
| Oman | 100% | 160 | 1:25,679 | 1,971 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 149 | 1:3,786 | 464 |
| Suriname | - | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Mexico | 100% | 135 | 1:919,588 | 7,782 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 127 | 1:139,739 | 3,687 |
| Brazil | 100% | 121 | 1:1,770,547 | 38,825 |
| Czechia | 98% | 118 | 1:90,306 | 1,107 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Yemen | - | 99 | 1:265,624 | 1,897 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 88 | 1:343,203 | 10,374 |
| Peru | 99% | 86 | 1:369,668 | 7,431 |
| French Polynesia | - | 81 | 1:3,431 | 664 |
| Iran | 100% | 74 | 1:1,060,768 | 8,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 73 | 1:316,109 | 13,661 |
| Belarus | 96% | 72 | 1:131,700 | 1,278 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 71 | 1:100,732 | 8,218 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:275 | 41 |
| Turkey | 75% | 66 | 1:1,178,814 | 10,840 |
| Guam | - | 63 | 1:2,550 | 533 |
| American Samoa | - | 57 | 1:980 | 99 |
| Bahamas | - | 57 | 1:7,006 | 1,027 |
| Greece | 100% | 57 | 1:191,834 | 3,983 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 56 | 1:43,906 | 1,933 |
| Albania | 100% | 55 | 1:55,392 | 4,846 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Austria | 100% | 52 | 1:163,735 | 2,710 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 50 | 1:652,470 | 9,656 |
| Benin | 100% | 49 | 1:215,834 | 9,978 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 46 | 1:399,554 | 14,568 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 44 | 1:1,034,089 | 3,401 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Marshall Islands | 96% | 41 | 1:1,250 | 167 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 41 | 1:1,333 | 281 |
| Armenia | 95% | 40 | 1:72,969 | 2,190 |
| Barbados | - | 37 | 1:7,832 | 950 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Panama | 100% | 37 | 1:105,583 | 5,133 |
| Congo | 100% | 36 | 1:139,145 | 6,166 |
| Ecuador | - | 29 | 1:611,273 | 5,978 |
| Macau | - | 29 | 1:20,973 | 372 |
| Lithuania | - | 27 | 1:109,329 | 1,541 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 24 | 1:198,664 | 4,618 |
| Haiti | 100% | 24 | 1:446,956 | 12,632 |
| Hungary | 94% | 24 | 1:407,990 | 1,624 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 23 | 1:419,258 | 9,329 |
| Cyprus | - | 21 | 1:41,480 | 2,042 |
| Niue | - | 20 | 1:80 | 7 |
| Romania | 100% | 20 | 1:1,002,599 | 21,511 |
| Kosovo | - | 19 | 1:97,971 | 5,437 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Guatemala | - | 16 | 1:1,006,777 | 4,653 |
| Belize | 100% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Finland | 100% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Myanmar | - | 15 | 1:3,463,218 | 1,382 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Moldova | - | 14 | 1:254,367 | 2,089 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Niger | 100% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| Colombia | - | 12 | 1:3,981,577 | 24,591 |
| Cuba | - | 12 | 1:958,879 | 3,652 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Georgia | 100% | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| Micronesia | - | 10 | 1:10,650 | 565 |
| Nepal | - | 10 | 1:2,848,735 | 38,513 |
| Serbia | 100% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:35,348 | 1,945 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Guinea | - | 8 | 1:1,482,331 | 4,333 |
| Jamaica | - | 8 | 1:360,403 | 10,541 |
| Jersey | 100% | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Mauritania | - | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 7 | 1:185,398 | 4,003 |
| Andorra | - | 6 | 1:13,814 | 711 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Jordan | 95% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nauru | - | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Bèn (1), Bén (1) & Béñ (1) are calculated separately.
Ben (194,297) may also be a surname.
Ben Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The usual, more manly, diminutive of Benjamin, not of Benedict.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ben, a son. One of the porters of the temple at Jerusalem. 1 Chron. xv. 18.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a son.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Son. Given by some authorities as a diminutive of Benjamin. (Gaelic) A peak or summit.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ben Forename Popularity
Ben Demographics
Average Male Ben Height
177.32 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 4,071 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bèn | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bén | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bien | 86 | 85,216 | / |
| Bent | 86 | 55,260 | / |
| Beng | 86 | 43,096 | / |
| Benn | 86 | 3,587 | / |
| Baen | 86 | 2,710 | / |
| Boen | 86 | 2,413 | / |
| Buen | 86 | 2,151 | / |
| Benő | 86 | 882 | / |
| Been | 86 | 770 | / |
| Bhen | 86 | 513 | / |
| Bend | 86 | 348 | / |
| Behn | 86 | 166 | / |
| Besn | 86 | 102 | / |
| Beun | 86 | 36 | / |
| Benq | 86 | 20 | / |
| Benë | 86 | 16 | / |
| Benė | 86 | 14 | / |
| Bemn | 86 | 9 | / |
| Hben | 86 | 7 | / |
| Benı | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bn | 80 | 2,162 | / |
| Béñ | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bendt | 75 | 2,171 | / |
| Benqu | 75 | 1,406 | / |
| Bhaen | 75 | 861 | / |
| Benne | 75 | 846 | / |
| Bheng | 75 | 319 | / |
| Bienn | 75 | 200 | / |
| Beeng | 75 | 53 | / |
| Ben S | 75 | 49 | / |
| Bhend | 75 | 48 | / |
| Bhuen | 75 | 39 | / |
| Bhien | 75 | 20 | / |
| Bhenn | 75 | 14 | / |
| Biehn | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bhoen | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bheen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Bennt | 75 | 12 | / |
| Bengh | 75 | 12 | / |
| Bhent | 75 | 10 | / |
| Benzz | 75 | 7 | / |
| Bendh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Benng | 75 | 6 | / |
| Bendd | 75 | 6 | / |
| Bennd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Beent | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bemnt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Benjz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bentt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Baenn | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beemn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ben-Z | 75 | 2 | / |
| Benït | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bgeen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Beend | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bencë | 75 | 2 | / |
| Benñe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bennø | 75 | 1 | / |
| Besnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beðen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhenc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boehn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Behnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beenn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bengg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bengk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ben'h | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hbeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhemn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ben H | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beehn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bin | 67 | 6,940,030 | / |
| Wen | 67 | 51,334 | / |
| Ven | 67 | 15,032 | / |
| Bem | 67 | 13,119 | / |
| Uen | 67 | 2,248 | / |
| Byn | 67 | 979 | / |
| Bnh | 67 | 306 | / |
| Bne | 67 | 46 | / |
| Bnt | 67 | 42 | / |
| Bengue | 67 | 40 | / |
| Bhn | 67 | 38 | / |
| Bng | 67 | 31 | / |
| Bnn | 67 | 28 | / |
| Bnd | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hbn | 67 | 12 | / |
| Benova | 67 | 10 | / |
| ben He | 67 | 9 | / |
| Benowa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Benque | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bnq | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhuenn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Geeben | 67 | 2 | / |
| Benntt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bheemn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Biuena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bennne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhienn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhenkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bheesn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhendh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beesnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beentt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bemgne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bengne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bendth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bạn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bän | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benzzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beemnh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beenne | 67 | 1 | / |
Ben Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ben in the Russian language | ||
| Бен | ben | - |
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Footnotes
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- 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 Ben