# Benham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/benham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,955 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,807 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (4,883 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Benham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Benham in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Benham

- Stanley Benham, American bobsledder (1913-1970)
- Harry Benham, American actor (1884–1969)
- Jane Benham Hay, British artist (1829-1904)
- Elsa Benham, American actress (1908-1995)

## Similar surnames

Bonham, Beaman, Beamon, Bienaime, Bowman, Bauman, Bynum, Baumann, Bohannon, Beeman, Bannon, Bonin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.