How common is the surname Bentz?

5,923 people in the United States had the surname Bentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,127 Americans. It ranked 5,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bentz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bentz?

Gunnar Bentz, American swimmer, followed by Cliff Bentz.

Where is the surname Bentz most common?

Wikidata records people named Bentz in the United States.

Is the surname Bentz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,923 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Bentz

A surname, carried by 5,923 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bentz is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,923 people named Bentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,127 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,794.

#5,838

rank among US surnames

5,923

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,835	Fore	5,927	52,091
#5,836	Reinke	5,926	52,100
#5,837	Dizon	5,924	52,118
#5,838	Bentz	5,923	52,127
#5,841	Thurmond	5,922	52,135

Who is named Bentz

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

95% of people named Bentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bentzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gunnar Bentz
American swimmer, born 1996
Cliff Bentz
American politician, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bentz

Bentz has the Soundex code B532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B532.

Questions

How common is the surname Bentz?: 5,923 people in the United States had the surname Bentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,127 Americans. It ranked 5,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bentz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bentz?: Gunnar Bentz, American swimmer, followed by Cliff Bentz.
Where is the surname Bentz most common?: Wikidata records people named Bentz in the United States.
Is the surname Bentz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,923 in 2010, up 2.2%.