Ben Sam Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ben Sam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 19 | 1:2,033,240 | 43,760 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
Ben Sam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Sam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ben Sam is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Sam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ben Sam is the 3,730,171st most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 114 percent of Ben Sam are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,033,240. In Algeria it is most common in: Jijel Province, where 5 percent live. Barring Algeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 32 percent live and The Congo, where 14 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
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