Bengtson Surname

84,974th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bengtson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bengtson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1501:87,3409,841
Sweden4651:21,1761,756
Norway1971:26,1033,530
South Africa1751:309,58729,554
Denmark1431:39,4744,118
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Australia1231:219,47721,009
Honduras851:103,7231,712
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
England421:1,326,62059,571
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3811:131,80812,617

Bengtson Last Name Facts

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

Bengtson is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengtson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bengtson is the 84,974th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,282,793 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Bengtson are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4,150 people, or 1 in 87,340. In The United States Bengtson is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 22 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 8 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Bengtson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bengtson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bengtson last name rose 1,089 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bengtson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bengtson surname are 5.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.2% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bengtson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.45% less than the national average, earning 303,002 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 176.82% more than the national average, earning R 657,840 per year; in United States they earn 14.15% more than the national average, earning $49,253 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.52% more than the national average, earning $51,433 CAD 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 Bengtson
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