Ben Yehudah Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Yehudah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Yehudah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ben Yehudáh (1) are calculated separately.

Ben Yehudah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ben Yehudah is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Ben Yehudáh. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Ben Yehudah live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

The surname Ben Yehudah is most common in Israel, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,278,817. Besides Israel Ben Yehudah exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben Yehudáh971/
Ben Yehuda952,113/
Ben-Yehudah918/
Ben Yehouda911/
Ben-Yehuda86239/
Ben Jehuda866/
Ben-Yehouda825/
Ben-Yeuda801/
Ben-Jehuda764/
Ben-Yehoda761/
Ben Aiouda671/
bin Ojudah671/

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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 Yehudah
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis