Benfield is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Benfield
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Benfield

How popular is Benfield?

Benfield is common in England.

Benfield is ranked 58220 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Benfields plummeted by 2.393617 per cent to 5138 since 2000 and slipped by 576 spots and ranked at 6593. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.11 94.19
Black 3.6 3.08
Others 1.38 0.85
Hispanic or Latino 1.25 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.36
Benfield is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 7974 people have been found who wears Benfield as their family name. Benfield is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
1,014,159 India4
184,212 France3
32,086 Mexico3
108,034 Italy3
960 Saint Lucia2
6,900 Oman2
1,834 Malta2
993 Guernsey2
19,093 Finland2
1,389 Barbados2
35,969 Denmark2
8,181 Botswana1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
2,374 Bermuda1
537 Liechtenstein1
29,046 Japan1
42,479 Greece1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,974 New Zealand47
2,316 Guyana44
52,947 Netherlands31
4,169 Cyprus26
63,662 Spain26
11,685 Singapore24
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,622 Wales79
41,664 Canada76
66,582 Argentina60
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Benfield:
12,715 South Africa493
7,178 Australia401
Countries with thousands of Benfield:
7,714 United States4,888
4,461 England1,662
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Benfield was 18 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on February 2, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Arrick from Liverpool. 24 years old William Benfield, 26 years old Mary Benfield, 23 years old R. Benfield, are others that migrated to US.

Benfield Namesakes

  • Paul Benfield, Politician
  • Derek Benfield, Playwright
  • Derek Benfield, Playwright
  • F. Kaid Benfield, Author
  • F. Kaid Benfield, Author
  • Neriah Benfield, Musical Artist
  • In 2012 comedy movie, Fredonia, Kate Benfield portrayed Lorraine.

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