How Many People Have the Last Name Ben?
people had the surname Ben in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 86,957 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+548 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Ben: 27.8% are non-Hispanic Black and 26.1% are non-Hispanic White. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share fell from 29.9% to 27.8%, and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 9.6% to 11.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Ben grew from 2,838 people in 2000 to 3,386 in 2010 (up 19.3%), and its rank rose from #10,408 to #9,596.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,838 | 3,386 |
| Rank | #10,408 | #9,596 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.05 | 1.15 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Ben
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Ben: B500
👤 Ben as a First Name
Ben is a first name too: about 38,854 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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