The surname Benninger
A surname, carried by 1,750 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B552
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,750 people named Benninger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.
#16,437
rank among US surnames
1,750
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+40.2%
change since 2000 (was #19,908)
Who is named Benninger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Benninger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Benninger
Benninger has the Soundex code B552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B552.
Questions
- How common is the surname Benninger?
- 1,750 people in the United States had the surname Benninger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Benninger?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benninger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Benninger getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, up 40%.