Ben Tov Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Tov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Tov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel6471:13,2272,024
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ben Tov Last Name Facts

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

Ben Tov is found most frequently in Israel. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ben Tov click here.

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

The surname is the 489,550th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. The last name Ben Tov is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ben Tov reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Israel, where it is carried by 647 people, or 1 in 13,227. In Israel it is most numerous in: Central District, where 36 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 23 percent are found and Northern District, where 13 percent are found. Barring Israel this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben-Tov8643/
Ben Toub801/
bin Top7160/
Ben Taf7119/
Bin Tav7111/
bin Tow714/
bin Toip6749/
bin Toib6710/
bin Toow671/
Ben Ttaf671/
bin Thoib631/
bin Tap5712/
bin Tab576/
bin Taw572/
bin Taub5326/
bin Tape537/
bin Taup533/
bin Tauf532/
bin Tahb532/
bin Taap531/
bin Tappe5057/
bin Tahab5023/
bin Tahap508/
bin Thaub501/
bin Tahaf501/

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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 Tov
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