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    The surname Bender

    A surname, carried by 39,551 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B536

    Bender: #881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bender #881, 39,551 people Bender: #881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bender #881, 39,551 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bender is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 39,551 people named Bender in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,806 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 38,464.

    #881
    rank among US surnames
    39,551
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #821)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #872McConnell39,7547,766
    #873Bernal39,6937,778
    #874Nava39,6707,783
    #875Ayers39,6237,792
    #876Everett39,5937,798
    #877Ventura39,5807,801
    #878Avery39,5647,804

    Who is named Bender

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

    88% of people named Bender identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Benders

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Bender
      American film and television director, born 1949
    • Lawrence Bender
      American film producer, born 1957
    • Landry Bender
      American actress, born 2000
    • Jonathan Bender
      American basketball player (born 1981)
    • Aimee Bender
      American novelist, short story writer, born 1969
    • Chief Bender
      American baseball player and coach (1884–1954)
    • Lauretta Bender
      American neuropsychiatrist (1897–1987)
    • Emily M. Bender
      American linguist, born 1973
    • Carl M. Bender
      American physicist, born 1943
    • George H. Bender
      American politician (1896–1961)
    • Teri Gender Bender
      American rock musician, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Bendery

    Surnames that sound like Bender

    Bender has the Soundex code B536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B536.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bender come from?
    From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things.
    How common is the surname Bender?
    39,551 people in the United States had the surname Bender in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,806 Americans. It ranked 881st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bender?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bender identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bender?
    Jack Bender, American film and television director, followed by Lawrence Bender.
    Where is the surname Bender most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bender in the United States.
    Is the surname Bender getting more or less common?
    More common. 38,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,551 in 2010, up 2.8%.
    What are other spellings of Bender?
    Bendery.