The surname Bienvenu
A French surname, carried by 1,000 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B515
Origin
French origin
A surname from French.
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 1,000 people named Bienvenu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,746 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 895.
Who is named Bienvenu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Bienvenu identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bienvenu
Bienvenu has the Soundex code B515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B515.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bienvenu come from?
- Bienvenu is French in origin.
- How common is the surname Bienvenu?
- 1,000 people in the United States had the surname Bienvenu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,746 Americans. It ranked 24,874th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bienvenu?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bienvenu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Bienvenu getting more or less common?
- More common. 895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,000 in 2010, up 12%.