Ben Hur Surname
Approximately 615 people bear this surname
Ben Hur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 598 | 1:14,310 | 2,164 |
| Brazil | 273 | 1:784,155 | 28,479 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ben Hur (2,105) 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 surname Ben Hur is more frequently found in Israel than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Hur? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 526,921st most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,849,668 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ben Hur are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Ben Hur is also the 163,938th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 2,105 people.
The surname Ben Hur is most frequently occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 14,310. In Israel it is most common in: Central District, where 27 percent reside, Tel Aviv District, where 26 percent reside and Jerusalem District, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Israel it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 44 percent reside and South Korea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hour | 93 | 5 | / |
| Ben Hurr | 93 | 3 | / |
| Ben Chur | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ben Hurt | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ben Ur | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ben Chour | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ben Gur | 86 | 113 | / |
| Ben-Hur | 86 | 98 | / |
| bin Hur | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ben-Hour | 80 | 21 | / |
| bin Hure | 80 | 1 | / |
| bin Haur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ben Hoor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ben Or | 77 | 716 | / |
| Ben-Ur | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bin Khuir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bin Our | 71 | 113 | / |
| Ben-Gur | 71 | 13 | / |
| bin Aur | 71 | 6 | / |
| bin Jur | 71 | 2 | / |
| bin Hor | 71 | 2 | / |
| bin Gur | 71 | 2 | / |
| bin Chor | 67 | 27 | / |
| bin Hoer | 67 | 9 | / |
| bin Juur | 67 | 3 | / |
| bin Urhp | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Hoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Gaur | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Jurh | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Juhr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ben-Or | 62 | 214 | / |
| bin Or | 62 | 2 | / |
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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 Hur
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