BENSON is ranked as the 321st most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 105,273.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 33.02 people named BENSON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 94% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named BENSON is
99,460, the rank is 332
and the proportion per 100k Americans named BENSON is 31.22.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BENSON is
80.0% White,
1.5% Hispanic origin,
15.6% Black,
0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BENSON have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BENSON is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BENSON
The state with the most people named
BENSON is
California where
10,939 people have this name.
Minnesota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BENSON, as
110.68 in every 100,000
Minnesotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Minnesota.
Minnesota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Kentucky
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
3 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BENSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
4,525
35.13
99.9%
Indiana
1,681
25.49
99.5%
Iowa
1,568
50.47
99.8%
Kansas
872
30.03
99.3%
Michigan
2,791
28.17
99.8%
Minnesota
6,040
110.68
100.0%
Missouri
1,203
40.19
98.9%
Nebraska
940
49.93
99.7%
North Dakota
523
70.68
99.5%
Ohio
2,897
24.99
99.7%
South Dakota
663
77.73
99.6%
Wisconsin
2,173
37.75
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name BENSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
398
54.05
99.0%
Arizona
2,614
38.84
99.8%
California
10,939
28.19
99.9%
Colorado
2,188
40.85
99.8%
Hawaii
289
20.36
98.6%
Idaho
921
56.37
99.5%
Montana
651
63.61
99.6%
Nevada
890
31.33
99.5%
New Mexico
542
25.98
98.8%
Oregon
1,958
49.32
99.8%
Utah
2,178
74.01
99.7%
Washington
3,494
49.48
99.9%
Wyoming
420
71.83
99.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BENSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
907
25.21
99.5%
Maine
326
24.51
97.2%
Massachusetts
1,897
28.13
99.6%
New Hampshire
458
34.51
98.9%
New Jersey
2,168
24.26
99.7%
New York
4,411
22.34
99.8%
Pennsylvania
3,344
26.15
99.8%
Rhode Island
283
26.78
98.4%
Vermont
302
48.17
99.1%
South States
State stats for the first name BENSON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BENSON as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BENSON.
The most popular full name is Robert BENSON.
1.98% of all the people named BENSON
have this given name.
There are 3030 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BENSON