Bentesen Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Bentesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bentesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1231:632,69433,456
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bentesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bentesen occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bentesen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bentesen is the 1,612,213th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Bentesen live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

Bentesen is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 632,694. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Diyarbakir Province, where 75 percent live, Antalya Province, where 18 percent live and Ankara Province, where 3 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bentheysen890/
Bentheson820/
Bentein80517/
Benteyn8077/
Bentgen8035/
Benthen8032/
Bentene801/
Benthuysen7820/
Bentheyson781/
Bentheuson780/
Benthien752,029/
Benthein7563/
Wintesen751/
Bentisan751/
Ventesan751/
Benthean750/
Benthasan714/
Wentuisen713/
Benthuysn711/
Venteshan711/
Benthin671,894/
Benthem67650/
Bintein67480/
Bentain67297/
Bentine67109/
Bintene6775/
Bentayn6712/
Venthen6710/
Bentyne674/
Bintiehsan671/
Wentuissen671/
Bentoin671/

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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 Bentesen
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