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    The surname Benn

    A surname, carried by 4,716 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Benn: #7,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benn #7,099, 4,716 people Benn: #7,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benn #7,099, 4,716 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benn is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,716 people named Benn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,468 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,431.

    #7,099
    rank among US surnames
    4,716
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,973)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,093Landin4,72265,384
    #7,096Creed4,71865,440
    #7,098Izzo4,71765,454
    #7,099Benn4,71665,468
    #7,102McAvoy4,71565,482
    #7,103Tingle4,71265,523

    Who is named Benn

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

    54% of people named Benn identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Benns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nigel Benn
      British boxer, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benn

    Benn has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Benn?
    4,716 people in the United States had the surname Benn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,468 Americans. It ranked 7,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benn?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Benn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Benn?
    Nigel Benn, British boxer.
    Where is the surname Benn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Benn in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Benn getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,716 in 2010, up 6.4%.