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    The surname Benway

    A surname, carried by 1,522 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B500

    Benway: #18,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benway #18,253, 1,522 people Benway: #18,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benway #18,253, 1,522 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benway is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,522 people named Benway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,482.

    #18,253
    rank among US surnames
    1,522
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,521)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,246Waltrip1,523202,722
    #18,253Berberich1,522202,855
    #18,262Raybon1,521202,989

    Who is named Benway

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

    94% of people named Benway identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benway

    Benway has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Benway?
    1,522 people in the United States had the surname Benway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. It ranked 18,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benway?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Benway getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,522 in 2010, up 2.7%.