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 more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

Ben John is the 2,530,696th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Ben John is mostly 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 frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Ben John is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 81,640. In Liberia Ben John is most prevalent in: Grand Bassa County, where 50 percent reside, Nimba County, where 17 percent reside and Bong County, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 2 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 John
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