Ben William Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ben William Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ben William Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ben William (380) may also be a first name.

Ben William Last Name Facts

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

Ben William occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ben William.

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

The last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 113 percent of Ben William live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Ben William is also the 444,827th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 380 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent live, Bong County, where 13 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 13 percent live. Beside Liberia Ben William exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
bin William91276/
bin Wiliam869/
bin Willam862/
bin Willian823/
bin Welliam821/
bin Willyam821/
bin Wajlam676/
bin Willon673/
bin Billan671/
bin Vellame649/
bin Wellang641/
bin Vlian601/
bin Billon5712/
bin Blaun501/
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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 William
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