Benckenstein Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Benckenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benckenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Benckenstein Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benckenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Benckenstein is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Benckenstein click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benckenstein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Benckenstein reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Benckenstein is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 6,358,929. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 65 percent are found, Florida, where 18 percent are found and Louisiana, where 11 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 26 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Benckenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Benckenstein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Benckenstein last name rose 518 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benckenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Benckenstein are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Benckenstein earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.92% more than the national average, earning $64,690 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Benckenstein
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