Ben Lee Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ben Lee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Lee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ben Lee (16) may also be a first name.

Ben Lee Last Name Facts

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

Ben Lee is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 125 percent of Ben Lee live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name globally, held by 16 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Ben Lee is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 50 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent live and Penang, where 25 percent live. Beside Malaysia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 25 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 Lee
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