Ben El Surname

57,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Ben El Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben El Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco8,3841:4,112439
France1731:383,94656,838
Belgium1041:110,54516,500
Tunisia441:13,8782,274
Algeria261:1,485,82943,005
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Israel201:427,88233,464
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Ben El (264) may also be a first name.

Ben El Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ben El (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻦ) is most common in Morocco. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ben El? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 57,497th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 827,566 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ben El live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 547,545th most common first name worldwide, held by 264 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is held by 8,384 people, or 1 in 4,112. Barring Morocco this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ben El Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ben El in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻦbn-

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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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  • 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 El
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