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The surname Bencomo

A surname, carried by 2,563 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B525

Bencomo: #12,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bencomo #12,156, 2,563 people Bencomo: #12,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bencomo #12,156, 2,563 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bencomo is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,563 people named Bencomo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,001.

#12,156
rank among US surnames
2,563
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+28.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,852)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,148Rosato2,565120,369
#12,153Buff2,564120,416
#12,156Noack2,563120,463
#12,164Lustig2,562120,510

Who is named Bencomo

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

93% of people named Bencomo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bencomo

Bencomo has the Soundex code B525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B525.

Questions

How common is the surname Bencomo?
2,563 people in the United States had the surname Bencomo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bencomo?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bencomo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bencomo getting more or less common?
More common. 2,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, up 28%.