Bennington Surname

88,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Bennington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bennington' two parishes in Lincolnshire, one near Boston, the other seven miles from Grantham.

Alan de Benington, Lincolnshire, Henry III— Edward I.

Ralph de Benington, Lincolnshire, ibid.

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Bennington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9911:90,81910,202
England8371:66,5697,725
Canada1911:192,90918,967
Australia981:275,46624,785
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Northern Ireland631:29,2863,099
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Wales191:162,87011,152
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France31:22,140,907385,998
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4351:56,0356,652
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5341:94,0429,629

Bennington (45) may also be a first name.

Bennington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bennington' two parishes in Lincolnshire, one near Boston, the other seven miles from Grantham.

Alan de Benington, Lincolnshire, Henry III— Edward I.

Ralph de Benington, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Alice de Bennington, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Astin de Bennington, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1668. Married — Robert Hanwell and Margarett Benington: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Parishes in cos. Lincoln and Herts.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bennington Last Name Facts

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

Bennington is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bennington? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 88,591st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,344,318 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Bennington live; 73 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 45 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,991 people, or 1 in 90,819. In The United States Bennington is most frequent in: Ohio, where 19 percent reside, Indiana, where 7 percent reside and Virginia, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Bennington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bennington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bennington last name increased 747 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 192 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 380 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bennington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bennington last name are 23.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bennington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $44,343 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.54% more than the national average, earning $54,918 CAD per year.

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