The surname Bienaime
A French surname, carried by 2,277 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B550
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,277 people named Bienaime in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,332.
Who is named Bienaime
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Bienaime identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Black (not Hispanic) 92%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bienaime
Bienaime has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bienaime come from?
- Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).
- How common is the surname Bienaime?
- 2,277 people in the United States had the surname Bienaime in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. It ranked 13,376th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bienaime?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bienaime identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Bienaime getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,277 in 2010, up 71%.