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    The surname Behn

    A surname, carried by 1,269 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Behn: #20,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Behn #20,806, 1,269 people Behn: #20,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Behn #20,806, 1,269 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Behn is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,269 people named Behn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,298 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,278.

    #20,806
    rank among US surnames
    1,269
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,537)

    Who is named Behn

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Behn identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Behn

    Behn has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Behn?
    1,269 people in the United States had the surname Behn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,298 Americans. It ranked 20,806th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Behn?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Behn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Behn getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,269 in 2010, down 0.7%.