Ben Kennedy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Qatar

Ben Kennedy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Kennedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Ben Kennedy (3) may also be a first name.

Ben Kennedy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben Kennedy occurs most in Ghana. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name Ben Kennedy is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Ben Kennedy is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Ben Kennedy live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ben Kennedy is also the 7,463,778th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 3 people.

It is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 27,020,692. Outside of Ghana this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and Qatar, where 33 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
  • 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 Kennedy
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