The surname Benefiel
A surname, carried by 1,784 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B514
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,784 people named Benefiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,064 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,665.
#16,191
rank among US surnames
1,784
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+7.1%
change since 2000 (was #16,010)
Who is named Benefiel
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Benefiel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Benefiel
Benefiel has the Soundex code B514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B514.
Questions
- How common is the surname Benefiel?
- 1,784 people in the United States had the surname Benefiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,064 Americans. It ranked 16,191st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Benefiel?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benefiel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Benefiel getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,784 in 2010, up 7.1%.