How common is the surname Bennion?

1,717 people in the United States had the surname Bennion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bennion?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bennion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bennion getting more or less common?

More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Bennion

A Welsh patronymic surname, carried by 1,717 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bennion is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion (“son of Einion”), a Welsh personal name.

Bennion is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,717 people named Bennion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

#16,679

rank among US surnames

1,717

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922

Who is named Bennion

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

95% of people named Bennion identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Baynham
Beynon
Binyon

Surnames that sound like Bennion

Bannon

Bennion has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bennion come from?: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion (“son of Einion”), a Welsh personal name.
How common is the surname Bennion?: 1,717 people in the United States had the surname Bennion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bennion?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bennion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Bennion?: Bennion is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bennion getting more or less common?: More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 14%.
What are other spellings of Bennion?: Baynham, Beynon and Binyon.