Bentz Surname
Approximately 14,404 people bear this surname
Bentz Surname Definition:
(German) Dweller at the sign of the little bear; descendant of Benz, a pet form of Benedictus (blessed); one who came from Benz, in Germany.
Bentz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,108 | 1:44,704 | 5,477 |
| Germany | 2,780 | 1:28,959 | 3,811 |
| France | 1,895 | 1:35,052 | 4,265 |
| Brazil | 413 | 1:518,340 | 19,464 |
| Canada | 318 | 1:115,867 | 12,291 |
| South Africa | 170 | 1:318,692 | 30,132 |
| Argentina | 148 | 1:288,807 | 23,114 |
| Luxembourg | 110 | 1:5,278 | 760 |
| Switzerland | 102 | 1:80,519 | 9,217 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Austria | 37 | 1:230,147 | 27,778 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,566 | 1:32,068 | 3,857 |
Bentz (67) may also be a first name.
Bentz Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Dweller at the sign of the little bear; descendant of Benz, a pet form of Benedictus (blessed); one who came from Benz, in Germany.
Bentz Demographics
Average Male Bentz Height
177.18 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bentz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bentz is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,614th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 505,939 people. The surname Bentz is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Bentz live; 59 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,191,548th most common first name in the world, borne by 67 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 8,108 people, or 1 in 44,704. In The United States Bentz is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Bentz exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Bentz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bentz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 518 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 269 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bentz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bentz surname are 17.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bentz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 18.93% less than the national average, earning 280,569 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.66% more than the national average, earning R 308,124 per year; in United States they earn 4.35% more than the national average, earning $45,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.83% more than the national average, earning $55,561 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bientz | 91 | 560 | / |
| Bentze | 91 | 19 | / |
| Bendtz | 91 | 16 | / |
| Benstz | 91 | 15 | / |
| Benthz | 91 | 2 | / |
| Bentzh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Beentz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bentzs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Buentz | 91 | 0 | / |
| Benz | 89 | 43,596 | / |
| Bntz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bents | 80 | 2,319 | / |
| Bienz | 80 | 1,719 | / |
| Bintz | 80 | 1,417 | / |
| Bendz | 80 | 447 | / |
| Bencz | 80 | 352 | / |
| Buenz | 80 | 146 | / |
| Baenz | 80 | 54 | / |
| Bennz | 80 | 15 | / |
| Benzz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bemtz | 80 | 3 | / |
| Boenz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bntzs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bnz | 75 | 7 | / |
| Bentse | 73 | 440 | / |
| Bentch | 73 | 176 | / |
| Bentci | 73 | 51 | / |
| Benőcz | 73 | 27 | / |
| Bentås | 73 | 24 | / |
| Bennts | 73 | 15 | / |
| Baents | 73 | 15 | / |
| Bients | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bencző | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bensts | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bendzh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bintze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bentce | 73 | 1 | / |
| Binz | 67 | 4,112 | / |
| Benc | 67 | 1,453 | / |
| Bünz | 67 | 604 | / |
| Benč | 67 | 160 | / |
| Bentsch | 67 | 44 | / |
| Bänz | 67 | 14 | / |
| Benć | 67 | 13 | / |
| Benç | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bhnz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bntc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bntx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benncze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beentts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bentche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhentse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bentshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bncz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bnzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bnts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Benntts | 67 | 0 | / |
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Bentz Reference & Research
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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
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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 Bentz
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