Ben-Gur Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben-Gur Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Ben.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben-Gur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel91:950,84857,975
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ben-Gur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ben-Gur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ben-Gur (Russian: Бен-гур) occurs more in Israel more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ben-Gur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ben-Gur is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Ben-Gur is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Ben-Gur are found; 69 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

Ben-Gur is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 950,848. Outside of Israel Ben-Gur exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben-Ur925/
Ben Gur86113/
Ben-Hur8698/
Ben-Hour8021/
Ben-Or77214/
Ben Ur771/
Ben Hur71615/
bin Gur712/
Ben Hour675/
Ben Hurr673/
Ben Hurt671/
bin Gaur671/
Ben Or62716/
Bin Our57113/
bin Aur576/
bin Hur572/
Ben Hoor531/
bin Urhp531/
bin Hure531/
bin Gorr531/
bin Haur531/

Ben-Gur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ben-Gur in the Russian language
Бен-гурben-gur-

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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
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  • 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-Gur
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