How common is the surname Benda?

2,562 people in the United States had the surname Benda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. It ranked 12,164th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Benda?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Benda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Benda?

Franz Benda, Bohemian violinist and composer.

Where is the surname Benda most common?

Wikidata records people named Benda in Kingdom of Bohemia.

Is the surname Benda getting more or less common?

More common. 2,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,562 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Benda

A surname, carried by 2,562 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benda is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname from the Slavic languages.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,562 people named Benda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,223.

#12,164

rank among US surnames

2,562

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+15.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,742)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463
#12,164	Lustig	2,562	120,510
#12,170	Barefield	2,561	120,557

Who is named Benda

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

92% of people named Benda identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bendas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz Benda
Bohemian violinist and composer, 1709–1786

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benda

Benda has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Questions

How common is the surname Benda?: 2,562 people in the United States had the surname Benda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. It ranked 12,164th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benda?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Benda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Benda?: Franz Benda, Bohemian violinist and composer.
Where is the surname Benda most common?: Wikidata records people named Benda in Kingdom of Bohemia.
Is the surname Benda getting more or less common?: More common. 2,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,562 in 2010, up 15%.