Ben Gershon Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Gershon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Gershon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel471:182,07718,133
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911

Ben Gershon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben Gershon is borne by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

Ben Gershon is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Ben Gershon are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Ben Gershon is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 182,077. In Israel it is primarily found in: Southern District, where 32 percent reside, Central District, where 23 percent reside and Tel Aviv District, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Israel Ben Gershon exists in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Gershon
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