How common is the surname Benner?

11,612 people in the United States had the surname Benner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,588 Americans. It ranked 3,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Benner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Benner getting more or less common?

More common. 11,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,612 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Benner

A surname, carried by 11,612 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benner is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,612 people named Benner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,588 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,479.

#3,100

rank among US surnames

11,612

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,872)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,091	Matias	11,635	26,536
#3,092	Boland	11,631	26,545
#3,093	Spain	11,628	26,552
#3,094	Jain	11,626	26,556
#3,095	Cowart	11,621	26,568
#3,096	Brothers	11,619	26,572
#3,097	Fine	11,618	26,575

Who is named Benner

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

94% of people named Benner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benner

Benner has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

Questions

How common is the surname Benner?: 11,612 people in the United States had the surname Benner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,588 Americans. It ranked 3,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Benner getting more or less common?: More common. 11,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,612 in 2010, up 1.2%.