Bensten Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Bensten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bensten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bensten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bensten (Tibetan: བཱེནས་ཀྲེན་) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bensten is the 2,414,640th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Bensten live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 6,040,982. In The United States it is primarily found in: Virginia, where 60 percent live, District of Columbia, where 15 percent live and South Carolina, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Bensten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bensten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bensten last name grew 6,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bensten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Bensten are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Bensten earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.58% more than the national average, earning $52,462 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bennsten9329/
Benstent936/
Benstenn930/
Benstien930/
Benstem8665/
Wensten867/
Benstin866/
Bynsten860/
Vensten860/
Wennsten8030/
Vennsten8025/
Benztien801/
Buinsten800/
Wienstien756/
Biennstin751/
Vienstien750/
Winsten71263/
Vinsten7161/
Wenstin711/
Bemstem711/
Vinsteen6712/
Winstien677/
Wnstn671/
Vinstien671/
Winstend671/
Winsteen671/
Binshtyn671/
Winstn621/
Binctin5791/
Winstin5749/
Winstén5716/
Vincten571/
Wemstem571/
Wimsten570/
Winstind531/
Wijnstijn506/

Bensten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bensten in the Tibetan language
བཱེནས་ཀྲེན་banétren-

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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 Bensten
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