Been Surname
Approximately 8,795 people bear this surname
Been Surname Definition:
Harrison says: (1) diminutive of Benedict, or (2) diminutive of Benjamin; and Bardsley says diminutive of Benedict. Margerie Been, sister of James Been, held a tenement in Edinburgh, 1336 (Bain, III, p. 346). Thomas Been at the Mill of Bornbie, 1722 (Kirkcudbright).
Read More About This SurnameBeen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,919 | 1:8,800 | 1,116 |
| United States | 1,905 | 1:190,267 | 18,864 |
| India | 1,583 | 1:484,564 | 24,595 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 483 | 1:71 | 11 |
| Kiribati | 471 | 1:241 | 28 |
| Pakistan | 238 | 1:750,605 | 10,974 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Denmark | 89 | 1:63,424 | 6,389 |
| Canada | 82 | 1:449,336 | 38,948 |
| Bahamas | 71 | 1:5,518 | 539 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Norway | 63 | 1:81,624 | 11,355 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 1:114,798 | 4,448 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69 | 1:353,266 | 22,372 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 413 | 1:121,595 | 11,832 |
Been (770) may also be a first name.
Been Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Harrison says: (1) diminutive of Benedict, or (2) diminutive of Benjamin; and Bardsley says diminutive of Benedict. Margerie Been, sister of James Been, held a tenement in Edinburgh, 1336 (Bain, III, p. 346). Thomas Been at the Mill of Bornbie, 1722 (Kirkcudbright).
A variant of Ben, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Been or Ben, pet forms of Benjamin (son of my right hand).
User-submitted Reference
Presumed to be of Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish origin.
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Average Male Been Height
175.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Been Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Been Come From? nationality or country of origin
Been (Hindi: बीन) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Been? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,563rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 828,601 people. Been occurs predominantly in Asia, where 37 percent of Been are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 22 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Been is also the 295,787th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 770 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,919 people, or 1 in 8,800. In The Netherlands Been is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 25 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Drenthe, where 12 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands Been is found in 69 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and India, where 18 percent reside.
Been Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Been has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Been surname increased 461 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 39 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Been Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Been last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Been surname are 17.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.72% registered with the party.
The amount Been earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning 323,883 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.7% less than the national average, earning R 155,172 per year; in United States they earn 0.16% less than the national average, earning $43,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.11% more than the national average, earning $51,230 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Been Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Been in the Hindi language | ||
| बीन | bina | 81.82 |
| बेेन | beena | 13.64 |
| बेन | bena | 4.55 |
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Been Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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