Ben Leo Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ben Leo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Leo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ben Leo Last Name Facts

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

Ben Leo occurs most in Liberia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name Ben Leo is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Ben Leo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Ben Leo live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,469,512. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Margibi County, where 33 percent are found and Nimba County, where 33 percent are found. Not including Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in China, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Leo
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