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    The surname Benne

    An occupational surname, carried by 660 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benne is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from North German Benne, a variant of the surname Benn. Borrowed also from French Benne, a metonymic occupational surname for the maker or driver of a cart.

    Benne is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 660 people named Benne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 749.

    #34,353
    rank among US surnames
    660
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #29,662)

    Who is named Benne

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

    92% of people named Benne identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benne

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Benne come from?
    Borrowed from North German Benne, a variant of the surname Benn. Borrowed also from French Benne, a metonymic occupational surname for the maker or driver of a cart.
    How common is the surname Benne?
    660 people in the United States had the surname Benne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. It ranked 34,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benne?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Benne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Benne?
    Benne is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Benne getting more or less common?
    Less common. 749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 660 in 2010, down 12%.