Bén Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Bén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Ben (194,297), Bèn (5), Bên (1) & Beń (6) are calculated separately.
Bén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bén is most common in Morocco. It may appear as a variant: Ben, Bèn, Bên or Beń. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bén reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Besides Morocco this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.
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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 Bén
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