Benstein Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Benstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1631:493,89942,398
United States901:4,027,321218,060
Israel361:237,71222,042
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Benstein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Benstein occurs most in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benstein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 889,654th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. Benstein occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Benstein live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Benstein is most common in Germany, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 493,899. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 7 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Germany Benstein is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Israel, where 12 percent are found.

Benstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Benstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benstein surname grew 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Benstein surname are 37.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 84.21% registered to vote for the party.

Benstein earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.41% more than the national average, earning $49,366 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
  • 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 Benstein
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