Surname Checker / Benson
How Common Is the Last Name Benson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Benson today
95,311
Ranked #365 of 162,254 published surnames · 29.18 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 86,081 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
77.85%
Black
16.24%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.79%
Hispanic
2.41%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.