Ben James Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Ben James Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ben James (16) may also be a first name.
Ben James Demographics
Average Male Ben James Height
177.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ben James Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben James Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ben James occurs most in Liberia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ben James.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben James? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ben James live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Ben James is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 16 people.
Ben James is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 119,150. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Grand Bassa County, where 41 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 27 percent are found and Margibi County, where 24 percent are found. Beside Liberia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 2 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.
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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 James
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