How common is the surname Benge?

4,995 people in the United States had the surname Benge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,811 Americans. It ranked 6,750th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Benge?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Benge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Benge getting more or less common?

More common. 4,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,995 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Benge

A surname, carried by 4,995 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). Benge is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,995 people named Benge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,811 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,802.

#6,750

rank among US surnames

4,995

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,517)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,746	Fraga	4,998	61,774
#6,748	Neves	4,997	61,786
#6,749	Batres	4,996	61,799
#6,750	Benge	4,995	61,811
#6,751	Tseng	4,994	61,823
#6,752	McMinn	4,993	61,836

Who is named Benge

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

91% of people named Benge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benge

Benge 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 Benge?: 4,995 people in the United States had the surname Benge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,811 Americans. It ranked 6,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benge?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Benge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Benge getting more or less common?: More common. 4,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,995 in 2010, up 4.0%.