How Many People Have the Last Name Benjamin?
people had the surname Benjamin in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 7,267 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+4,151 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Benjamin: 49% are non-Hispanic White and 41.6% are non-Hispanic Black. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 53.3% to 49%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 39.2% to 41.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Benjamin grew from 36,439 people in 2000 to 40,590 in 2010 (up 11.4%), and its rank rose from #868 to #850.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 36,439 | 40,590 |
| Rank | #868 | #850 |
| Per 100,000 people | 13.51 | 13.76 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Benjamin
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Benjamin: B525
👤 Benjamin as a First Name
Benjamin is a first name too: about 719,177 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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