Ben-Yair Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Ben-Yair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 93 | 1:92,018 | 10,791 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ben-Yair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben-Yair Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ben-Yair is more frequently found in Israel than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben-Yair? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Ben-Yair live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.
The last name Ben-Yair is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 92,018. In Israel it is mostly found in: Central District, where 43 percent live, Jerusalem District, where 18 percent live and Tel Aviv District, where 13 percent live. Besides Israel Ben-Yair exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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-Yair
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