Ben Peter Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ben Peter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Peter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia401:110,2138,601
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ben Peter (20) may also be a first name.

Ben Peter Last Name Facts

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

Ben Peter is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ben Peter live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Ben Peter is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 110,213. In Liberia Ben Peter is most common in: Nimba County, where 53 percent live, Montserrado County, where 25 percent live and Bong County, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Peter
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