  We introduce a new microscopic quantity $\varepsilon $ that describes the
contribution of a single black hole molecule to black hole entropy and give a
key relation that this microscopic quantity is proportional to the macroscopic
quantity -- entropy surface density $\sigma_{S}$, thus connecting a microscopic
quantity to a macroscopic quantity of black holes. Such a connection provides a
new probe for understanding the black hole microstructure from the macroscopic
perspective. We also classify black holes in terms of entropy surface density.
When its entropy surface density is larger (smaller) than $1/4$, this type of
black holes is defined as strong (weak) Bekenstein-Hawking black holes, where
the black holes with $1/4$-entropy surface density are regarded as
Bekenstein-Hawking black holes. We compute the entropy surface density for four
models, where three of them are regular black holes -- the Bardeen black hole,
the Ay\'{o}n-Beato-Garc\'{\i}a black hole, and the Hayward black hole, and one
of them is a singular black hole -- the five-dimensional neutral Gauss-Bonnet
black hole. Under this scheme of classification, the Bardeen black hole, the
Ay\'{o}n-Beato-Garc\'{\i}a black hole, and the five-dimensional neutral
Gauss-Bonnet black hole belong to the type of strong Bekenstein-Hawking black
holes, but the Hayward black hole belongs to the type of weak
Bekenstein-Hawking black holes, and the four black holes approach to the
Bekenstein-Hawking black hole if their event horizon radii go to infinity. In
addition, we find interesting properties in phase transitions from the
viewpoint of entropy surface density, or equivalently from the viewpoint of a
single black hole molecule entropy, for the five-dimensional neutral
Gauss-Bonnet AdS black hole.
