How common is the surname Benke?

1,060 people in the United States had the surname Benke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Benke?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Benke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Benke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Benke

A surname, carried by 1,060 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). Benke is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,060 people named Benke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,087.

#23,837

rank among US surnames

1,060

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,174)

Who is named Benke

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

97% of people named Benke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benke

Benke 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 Benke?: 1,060 people in the United States had the surname Benke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benke?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Benke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Benke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, down 2.5%.