Ben Nissim Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Nissim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Nissim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel861:99,50711,457
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ben Nissim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben Nissim is found in Israel more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ben Nissim.

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

Ben Nissim is the 1,955,159th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. Ben Nissim occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ben Nissim are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

It is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 99,507. In Israel Ben Nissim is most prevalent in: Central District, where 48 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 22 percent live and Jerusalem District, where 14 percent live. Besides Israel it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Nissim
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