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    The surname Benningfield

    A surname, carried by 1,746 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B552

    Benningfield: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benningfield #16,462, 1,746 people Benningfield: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benningfield #16,462, 1,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benningfield is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,746 people named Benningfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,543.

    #16,462
    rank among US surnames
    1,746
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,984)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,457Chisum1,747176,729
    #16,462Cieslak1,746176,830
    #16,470Denker1,745176,932

    Who is named Benningfield

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

    93% of people named Benningfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benningfield

    Benningfield 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 Benningfield?
    1,746 people in the United States had the surname Benningfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benningfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Benningfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Benningfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, up 13%.