Ben Taher Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Ben Taher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 750 | 1:45,968 | 7,487 |
| Algeria | 115 | 1:335,927 | 31,358 |
| Tunisia | 68 | 1:8,980 | 1,499 |
| Belgium | 53 | 1:216,918 | 27,806 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Ben Tahèr (1) are calculated separately.
Ben Taher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Taher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ben Taher is found most in Morocco. It may occur as a variant: Ben Tahèr. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Taher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 386,017th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. Ben Taher is mostly found in Africa, where 105 percent of Ben Taher are found; 105 percent are found in North Africa and 101 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most common in Morocco, where it is carried by 750 people, or 1 in 45,968. Excluding Morocco this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and Tunisia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Tahèr | 96 | 1 | / |
| Ben Taheir | 95 | 3 | / |
| Ben Tahaer | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ben Taaher | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ben Taherr | 95 | 1 | / |
| bin Taher | 89 | 1,506 | / |
| Ben Tahir | 89 | 312 | / |
| Ben-Taher | 89 | 53 | / |
| bin Tahere | 84 | 27 | / |
| bin Thaher | 84 | 2 | / |
| bin Tahier | 84 | 1 | / |
| bin Tahher | 84 | 1 | / |
| bin Taer | 82 | 3 | / |
| bin Tahir | 78 | 11,195 | / |
| Ben-Tahir | 78 | 9 | / |
| bin Toher | 78 | 1 | / |
| bin Thaer | 78 | 1 | / |
| bin Thahir | 74 | 235 | / |
| bin Tahirt | 74 | 3 | / |
| bin Thoher | 74 | 3 | / |
| bint Tahir | 74 | 3 | / |
| bin Tohier | 74 | 1 | / |
| bin Tahirr | 74 | 1 | / |
| bin Tauhir | 74 | 1 | / |
| bin Tahahir | 70 | 1 | / |
| bin Tohir | 67 | 746 | / |
| Ben Touir | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Thohir | 63 | 93 | / |
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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 Taher
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