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
Ben Hur occurs more in Israel more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Hur? popularity and diffusion
Ben Hur is the 526,921st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Ben Hur live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Ben Hur is also the 163,938th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,105 people.
This surname is most common in Israel, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 14,310. In Israel Ben Hur is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 27 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 26 percent live and Jerusalem District, where 12 percent live. Besides Israel it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 44 percent live and South Korea, where 1 percent live.
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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