How common is the surname Bengtson?

3,135 people in the United States had the surname Bengtson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,483 Americans. It ranked 10,284th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bengtson?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bengtson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bengtson?

Ida A. Bengtson, American bacteriologist (1881–1952).

Is the surname Bengtson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,135 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Bengtson

A surname, carried by 3,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bengtson is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,135 people named Bengtson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,483 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,062.

#10,284

rank among US surnames

3,135

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,742)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609

Who is named Bengtson

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

96% of people named Bengtson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bengtsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ida A. Bengtson
American bacteriologist (1881–1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bengtson

Bengtson has the Soundex code B523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B523.

Questions

How common is the surname Bengtson?: 3,135 people in the United States had the surname Bengtson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,483 Americans. It ranked 10,284th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bengtson?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bengtson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bengtson?: Ida A. Bengtson, American bacteriologist (1881–1952).
Is the surname Bengtson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,135 in 2010, up 2.4%.