The surname Bement
A surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B553
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,290 people named Bement in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,283.
#20,553
rank among US surnames
1,290
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.5%
change since 2000 (was #19,480)
Who is named Bement
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Bement identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bement
Bement has the Soundex code B553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B553.
Questions
- How common is the surname Bement?
- 1,290 people in the United States had the surname Bement in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bement?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bement identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Is the surname Bement getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, up 0.5%.