The surname Bensen
A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B525
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,306 people named Bensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,287.
#20,348
rank among US surnames
1,306
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #19,436)
Who is named Bensen
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Bensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Bensen has the Soundex code B525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B525.
Questions
- How common is the surname Bensen?
- 1,306 people in the United States had the surname Bensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bensen?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Bensen getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, up 1.5%.