Ben John Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ben John Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben John Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia541:81,6406,796
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ben John (21) may also be a first name.

Ben John Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ben John is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Ben John is primarily found in Africa, where 102 percent of Ben John are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Ben John is also the 2,368,944th most widespread given name on earth, held by 21 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 81,640. In Liberia Ben John is most numerous in: Grand Bassa County, where 50 percent live, Nimba County, where 17 percent live and Bong County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

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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 John
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