How common is the surname Bennington?

3,194 people in the United States had the surname Bennington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,664 Americans. It ranked 10,090th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bennington?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bennington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bennington?

Chester Bennington, American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017).

Where is the surname Bennington most common?

Wikidata records people named Bennington in the United States.

Is the surname Bennington getting more or less common?

More common. 3,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,194 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Bennington

A surname, carried by 3,194 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bennington is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,194 people named Bennington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,664 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,032.

#10,090

rank among US surnames

3,194

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,835)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,082	Kiker	3,197	96,574
#10,085	Risinger	3,196	96,604
#10,088	Kahle	3,195	96,634
#10,090	Koziol	3,194	96,664
#10,092	Mines	3,193	96,694
#10,095	Perrault	3,190	96,785
#10,099	Standish	3,189	96,816

Who is named Bennington

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

95% of people named Bennington identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Benningtons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chester Bennington
American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bennington

Bennington has the Soundex code B552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B552.

Questions

Where does the surname Bennington come from?: From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.
How common is the surname Bennington?: 3,194 people in the United States had the surname Bennington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,664 Americans. It ranked 10,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bennington?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bennington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bennington?: Chester Bennington, American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017).
Where is the surname Bennington most common?: Wikidata records people named Bennington in the United States.
Is the surname Bennington getting more or less common?: More common. 3,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,194 in 2010, up 5.3%.