How common is the surname Bence?

1,449 people in the United States had the surname Bence in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. It ranked 18,867th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bence?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bence identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bence?

Amelia Bence, Argentine film actress (1914–2016).

Where is the surname Bence most common?

Wikidata records people named Bence in Argentina.

Is the surname Bence getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,449 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Bence

A surname, carried by 1,449 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bence is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,449 people named Bence in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,450.

#18,867

rank among US surnames

1,449

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,799)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,858	Zagorski	1,450	212,928
#18,867	Balistreri	1,449	213,075

Who is named Bence

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

91% of people named Bence identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bences

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amelia Bence
Argentine film actress (1914–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bence

Bence has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Questions

How common is the surname Bence?: 1,449 people in the United States had the surname Bence in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. It ranked 18,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bence?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bence identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bence?: Amelia Bence, Argentine film actress (1914–2016).
Where is the surname Bence most common?: Wikidata records people named Bence in Argentina.
Is the surname Bence getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,449 in 2010, down 0.1%.