Ben Yakir Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Ben Yakir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 70 | 1:122,252 | 13,395 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ben Yakir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Yakir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ben Yakir is found in Israel more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Yakir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ben Yakir are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.
This surname is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 122,252. In Israel Ben Yakir is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 29 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 21 percent are found and Northern District, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Israel this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| bin Yakir | 89 | 16 | / |
| Ben-Yakir | 89 | 3 | / |
| bin Jakir | 78 | 82 | / |
| Ben Jaker | 78 | 1 | / |
| bin Jakkir | 74 | 5 | / |
| bin Jaakhir | 70 | 1 | / |
| bin Jaker | 67 | 24 | / |
| bin Ja'akhir | 67 | 2 | / |
| bin Jokir | 67 | 1 | / |
| bin Joker | 56 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Yakir
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