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    The surname Benish

    A surname, carried by 1,266 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B520

    Benish: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benish #20,843, 1,266 people Benish: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benish #20,843, 1,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benish is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,266 people named Benish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,242.

    #20,843
    rank among US surnames
    1,266
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,991)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Benish

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

    96% of people named Benish identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benish

    Benish 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 Benish?
    1,266 people in the United States had the surname Benish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. It ranked 20,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benish?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Benish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Benish getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,266 in 2010, up 1.9%.