Benskin Surname

331,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Benskin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benskin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7221:502,02142,223
Barbados1531:1,879358
England1091:511,17532,340
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Trinidad and Tobago91:151,5538,353
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Wales61:515,75523,171
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1441:169,27314,363
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Benskin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benskin is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benskin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Benskin is the 331,528th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,530,059 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Benskin are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 722 people, or 1 in 502,021. In The United States Benskin is mostly found in: Missouri, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Barbados, where 14 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.

Benskin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Benskin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Benskin last name rose 849 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 24 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Benskin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Benskin surname are 25.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 79.07% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Benskin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.4% more than the national average, earning R 374,040 per year; in United States they earn 2% less than the national average, earning $42,286 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.81% less than the national average, earning $38,348 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Benskin
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