The BENJAMIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	36,439	868	0.014	135
United States (1880 census)	6,629	913	0.013	133
Change since 1880	+29810	+45	+0.001	+2
Other Countries
Australia	920	1781	0.006	56
United Kingdom	3,414	1833	0.007	74

Top States for BENJAMIN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	4,930	312	0.026	260
Florida	3,522	561	0.022	220
California	3,052	1106	0.009	90
Pennsylvania	1,633	838	0.013	133
South Carolina	1,504	427	0.037	375
Top States for BENJAMIN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Vermont	257	324	0.042	422
South Carolina	1,504	427	0.037	375
Washington DC	172	335	0.030	301
New York	4,930	312	0.026	260
Florida	3,522	561	0.022	220

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BENJAMIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BENJAMIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BENJAMIN in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BENJAMIN by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BENJAMIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BENJAMIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BENJAMIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BENJAMIN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	864	2.37
White (Hispanic)	856	2.35
Asian/Pacific	663	1.82
Native American/Alaskan	343	0.94
White (Caucasian)	19,418	53.29
Black/African American	14,299	39.24

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BENJAMIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to BENJAMIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BENJAMIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.