# Bingham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bingham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,941 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,360 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,902 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (24,327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɪŋəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bingham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bingham in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Bingham

- Hiram Bingham III, American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)
- Traci Bingham, American actress (born 1968)
- George Caleb Bingham, American artist (1811–1879)
- Margot Bingham, American singer, actor and composer
- George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British Army officer (1800-1888)
- Michael Bingham, American-born British athletics competitor
- William Bingham, American Continental congressman and senator for Pennsylvania
- Ryan Bingham, American musician
- David Bingham, American soccer player
- John Bingham, American politician (1815–1900)
- Bob Bingham, American actor (1946–2025)
- Eugene Cook Bingham, American chemist

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bingaman, Bingman, Benson, Benjamin, Bencomo, Bianchini, Bensen, Benigno, Benzing.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.