Bentley Surname
Approximately 93,188 people bear this surname
Bentley Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bentley,' parishes in Suffolk, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Essex; also many small hamlets in various counties. In general the surname is literally Benet-legh, i.e. 'the field of Benedict,' the first occupier; v.
Read More About This SurnameBentley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53,870 | 1:6,728 | 791 |
| England | 20,759 | 1:2,684 | 353 |
| Australia | 7,498 | 1:3,600 | 505 |
| Canada | 3,992 | 1:9,230 | 1,379 |
| South Africa | 1,975 | 1:27,432 | 3,508 |
| New Zealand | 1,011 | 1:4,479 | 705 |
| Fiji | 628 | 1:1,424 | 193 |
| Wales | 595 | 1:5,201 | 569 |
| Scotland | 450 | 1:11,897 | 1,600 |
| Ireland | 268 | 1:17,571 | 1,909 |
| Jamaica | 230 | 1:12,478 | 1,261 |
| France | 228 | 1:291,328 | 44,676 |
| Northern Ireland | 188 | 1:9,814 | 1,570 |
| Spain | 135 | 1:346,311 | 19,910 |
| Thailand | 123 | 1:574,295 | 97,879 |
| Brazil | 86 | 1:2,489,236 | 75,804 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Italy | 54 | 1:1,132,531 | 73,160 |
| Denmark | 53 | 1:106,504 | 9,962 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Sweden | 41 | 1:240,165 | 16,652 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| Guyana | 35 | 1:21,778 | 2,654 |
| Isle of Man | 34 | 1:2,524 | 513 |
| Jersey | 30 | 1:3,307 | 613 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Cyprus | 25 | 1:35,395 | 3,988 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Barbados | 20 | 1:14,372 | 922 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| China | 16 | 1:85,457,598 | 4,750 |
| Gibraltar | 16 | 1:2,122 | 483 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 | 1:572,642 | 23,583 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 1:666,862 | 3,581 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1:45,967,877 | 132,655 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1:10,404,280 | 18,448 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 153 | 1:28,953 | 2,968 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,612 | 1:1,933 | 260 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:32,008 | 1,749 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:143,970 | 6,132 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,768 | 1:7,420 | 939 |
Bentley (4,182) may also be a first name.
Bentley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bentley,' parishes in Suffolk, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Essex; also many small hamlets in various counties. In general the surname is literally Benet-legh, i.e. 'the field of Benedict,' the first occupier; v. Bennet.
John de Bentelege, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Roger de Benetlcye, Yorkshire, ibid.
William de Benetleg, Salop, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William de Bentlee, Salop, ibid.
Simon de Benetl, Yorkshire, ibid.
Alicia de Benteley, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Richard de Benteley, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
William de Benetely, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Ricardus de Benteley, carpenlar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1580. Edward Bentley, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1786. Married — John Ostler and Abigail Bentley: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Bentley = the Bent- Grass Lea. [Old English beonet + leáh]
(English) One who came from Bentley (clearing overgrown with bent grass), the name of many places in England.
Parishes and places in cos. Hants, Stafford, Suffolk, Warwick, York, Essex, Derby, Sussex, &c.
Local. From bent, as above, and ley, uncultivated ground, a pasture.
A location name in Yorkshire.
User-submitted Reference
According to a manuscript written by Lawyer, George F. Bentley called "Genealogy of the Bentley Family", the Bentley name can be traced back to one "Drew of Bentley". Refering to 'Bentleys of Bentley-Haye", Staffordshire, England. "Bentley" is an ancient Manor and Hamlet belonging to the Parish of Wolverhampton, in the Hundred of Seisdon. It was granted by William the Conqueror to "Drew" by the services of keeping the hay for the King. Hence it is called, "Bentley-Haye".
The story of William the Conqueror granting land to one "Drew" for the services of keeping the hay for the King is repeated often as the origin of the Bentley name. However, further evidence is necessary to separate fact from legend.
We do know certain elements of this story are factual. "In 1066, William I imposed a feudal structure on England. He was the owner of all land in England by conquest. He granted land to certain of his subjects in return for services". However, the hay associated the Bentleys was not hay for horses but instead a place called the Haye of Bentley.
The Bentley Haye was given to a Dru nad de Benetlea as one of the many Sergeanties issued by kings throughout England's history and remained within the family from 1135 to 1390 [4].
Sergeanties, consisted of services due to the King of a very miscellaneous character, many of them even of a grotesque nature; but being services due to the Crown and held by an hereditary tenture, they appear always to have been very highly esteemed and in most cases were performed by men of knightly rank".
The Pipe Roll of 1164 lists "the earliest custodian of the Bentley Haye who is mentioned in the Records is one Gervase de Benetlea who was dead in II H. II. (1164) Gervase had a son named Roger. Roger is shown to be the son of Gervase by the following abstract of a deed which is taken from the Huntbach MSS. in the William Salt Library:
Roger the son of Gervase of Bentley grants to Roger his son and to his heirs all Bentley with the custody of the Hay of Bentley, with its appurtenances except the land of Richard the son of Simon and of Robert the son of Jeffrey and the land of Hyndebadeshull, and the land of Hutcheberge and the Bailiwick of Wolverhampton which he kept for his own use for his life. Witnesses:Willo filio Odonis, Willo. Ruffo et aliis".[5]
"The second Roger was dead in 12 H. III. (1228) leaving a widow, Juliana, and two sons, William and Richard." The Hundred Roll of 1255 states that William de Benetlega held a virgate of land by Sergeanty of the King for the custody of the Haye of Bentley, for which he renders one mark. His predecessor had been enfeoffed by King Henry I".
A footnote also notes that:
Shaw in his history of Staffordshire-under-Bentley states that one Dru nad held Bentley and had been enfeoffed at Bentley by the Conqueror, but the probability is that Dru was the father of Gervase and had been enfeoffed by Henry I (reign from 1100 to 1135)"[7]
- Contributed by John Betley of the Bentley Name Study.
- wjbentleyBentley Demographics
Average Bentley Salary in
United States
$41,879 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bentley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bentley (Arabic: بنتلي, Marathi: बेनतलय) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentley? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,069th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 78,203 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Bentley reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bentley is also the 107,331st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,182 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 53,870 people, or 1 in 6,728. In The United States Bentley is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and Kentucky, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 118 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Bentley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bentley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 796 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,214 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,731 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 175 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bentley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bentley surname is chiefly Anglican (63%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Bentley last name are 18.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.04% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bentley earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 100.26% more than the national average, earning 693,048 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.04% more than the national average, earning R 332,796 per year; in Colombia they earn 79.29% more than the national average, earning $40,704,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.94% less than the national average, earning $41,879 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $52,533 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentleys | 93 | 6 | / |
| Bentlley | 93 | 3 | / |
| Bentleye | 93 | 3 | / |
| Benthley | 93 | 2 | / |
| Bentliey | 93 | 1 | / |
| Beentley | 93 | 1 | / |
| Benttley | 93 | 0 | / |
| Bently | 92 | 1,177 | / |
| Bentle | 92 | 557 | / |
| D'Bentley | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bentler | 86 | 1,470 | / |
| Bintley | 86 | 132 | / |
| Wentley | 86 | 125 | / |
| Ventley | 86 | 6 | / |
| Bentlay | 86 | 5 | / |
| Bentlei | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bentles | 86 | 3 | / |
| Benthly | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bentlez | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bemtley | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bentlet | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bentlep | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bentleu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bentlly | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bentluy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bentlej | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bhntley | 86 | 1 | / |
| Benntly | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bentlye | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bntle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bentlett | 80 | 7 | / |
| Bentelle | 80 | 0 | / |
| Benttler | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bentless | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bentli | 77 | 245 | / |
| Ventle | 77 | 33 | / |
| Bentla | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wentle | 77 | 11 | / |
| Wently | 77 | 4 | / |
| Vently | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bintle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Benteller | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ventler | 71 | 14 | / |
| Bintlep | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wintley | 71 | 2 | / |
| Benttli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bentlia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bentlis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uentles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wemtley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bintler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bentilla | 67 | 31 | / |
| Bentelli | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bentella | 67 | 2 | / |
| Huentler | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ventllie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wendtler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ventilly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bentllis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ventlett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wenthler | 67 | 0 | / |
Bentley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bentley in the Marathi language | ||
| बेनतलय | benatalaya | - |
| Bentley in the Arabic language | ||
| بنتلي | bntly | - |
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