Ben Zahav Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ben Zahav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Zahav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel181:475,42436,085
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ben Zahav Last Name Facts

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

Ben Zahav has its highest incidence in Israel. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname Ben Zahav is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 106 percent of Ben Zahav are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 100 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 475,424. In Israel Ben Zahav is most frequent in: Judea and Samaria Area, where 72 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 11 percent live and Central District, where 6 percent live. Excluding Israel it is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ben Zahaf8922/
Ben Zahafe841/
Ben Chav821/
bin Zahab788/
Ben Zaf7581/
Ben Sav754/
Ben Zev751/
Ben Chahab741/
Ben Zeev71778/
Ben Chab714/
bin Zaab712/
Ben Shab711/
Ben Chaib67696/
bin Sahab67141/
bin Sahap6775/
Ben Chaab674/
bin Jahap672/
bin Sahaf671/
bin Saaiv671/
Ben Chaif671/
Ben Shabt671/
Ben Chayb671/

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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 Zahav
  • 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