Ben-Yehudah Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben-Yehudah Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Ben.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ben-Yehudah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Israel31:2,852,545113,505

Ben-Yehudah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben-Yehudah is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Ben-Yehudah live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Ben-Yehudah is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 60 percent live, Connecticut, where 20 percent live and District of Columbia, where 20 percent live. Apart from The United States Ben-Yehudah exists in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 38 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben-Yehuda95239/
Ben-Yehouda915/
Ben Yehudah914/
Ben-Yeuda901/
Ben Yehuda862,113/
Ben-Jehuda864/
Ben-Yehoda861/
Ben Yehudáh821/
Ben Yehouda821/
Ben Jehuda766/
Ben Aiouda571/
bin Ojudah571/
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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-Yehudah
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