Ben-Hur Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben-Hur Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Ben.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben-Hur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel531:161,46516,670
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ben-Hur (506) may also be a first name.

Ben-Hur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ben-Hur is found most frequently in Israel. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ben-Hur click here.

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

The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Ben-Hur is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Ben-Hur live; 54 percent live in West Asia and 54 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Ben-Hur is also the 376,409th most common first name world-wide, borne by 506 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Israel, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 161,465. In Israel Ben-Hur is most common in: Jerusalem District, where 25 percent reside, Judea and Samaria Area, where 25 percent reside and Central District, where 13 percent reside. Barring Israel it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.

Ben-Hur Last Name Statistics demography

Ben-Hur earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben-Hour9321/
Ben-Ur925/
Ben Hur86615/
Ben-Gur8613/
Ben Hour805/
Ben Hurr803/
Ben Chur801/
Ben Hurt801/
Ben-Or77214/
Ben Ur771/
Ben Chour753/
Ben Gur71113/
bin Hur712/
bin Haur671/
bin Hure671/
Ben Hoor671/
Bin Khuir631/
Ben Or62716/
Bin Our57113/
bin Aur576/
bin Jur572/
bin Hor572/
bin Gur572/
bin Chor5327/
bin Juur533/
bin Urhp531/
bin Hoor531/
bin Gaur531/
bin Jurh531/
bin Juhr531/

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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-Hur
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