Ben-Am Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ben-Am Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ben-Am Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben-Am Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ben-Am has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ben-Am click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben-Am? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Ben-Am occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Ben-Am are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,368,819. In Switzerland Ben-Am is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Haim | 86 | 428 | / |
| Ben-Haym | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ben-Haïm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ben-Aime | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ben Am | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ben Aim | 77 | 42 | / |
| Ben Gam | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ben Aïm | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ben-Gan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ben-Hassem | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ben Haim | 71 | 304 | / |
| Ben-Hain | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ben Ahmd | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ben Haïm | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ben Haym | 71 | 2 | / |
| ben Hamm | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bin-Aime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ben-Heim | 71 | 1 | / |
| bin Am | 67 | 84 | / |
| Ben Assim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ben-On | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ben Assem | 67 | 2 | / |
| ben Hatem | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ben-Am
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