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    The surname Benzing

    A German surname, carried by 1,060 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B525

    Benzing: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Benzing #23,837, 1,060 people Benzing: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Benzing #23,837, 1,060 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benzing is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Benzing.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,060 people named Benzing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

    #23,837
    rank among US surnames
    1,060
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,781)

    Who is named Benzing

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

    96% of people named Benzing identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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

    • Bensing

    Surnames that sound like Benzing

    Benzing has the Soundex code B525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B525.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Benzing come from?
    Borrowed from German Benzing.
    How common is the surname Benzing?
    1,060 people in the United States had the surname Benzing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benzing?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Benzing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Benzing getting more or less common?
    More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 6.7%.
    What are other spellings of Benzing?
    Bensing.