Ben Josef Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Josef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Josef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel121:713,13647,700
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ben Josef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ben Josef is most common in Israel. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ben Josef.

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

The last name Ben Josef is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ben Josef are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Ben Josef is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 713,136. Other than Israel this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 43 percent live and Thailand, where 14 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 Josef
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