Ben Paul Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ben Paul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Paul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ben Paul (50) may also be a first name.

Ben Paul Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben Paul is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name Ben Paul is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ben Paul live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 50 people.

The last name Ben Paul is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Ben Paul is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 88 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 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 Paul
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