Benford is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Benford
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Benford

How popular is Benford?

Benford is common in United States.

Benford is ranked 76565 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Benford bearers increased by 6.221749 per cent in 2010 US census to 3995 since 2000, the surname slipped by 171 spots and ranked at 8293. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 69.79 69.24
White 23.73 26.88
Others 3.2 1.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.85 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.23 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.13
Benford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 5788 people have been found who wears Benford as their family name. Benford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
46,068 Philippines3
67,494 South Africa3
24,766 Scotland2
139,444 Brazil2
19,093 Finland2
21,562 Portugal1
1,704,541 India1
151,601 Spain1
28,746 Algeria1
2,578 Guam1
1,818 Guernsey1
53,033 Nigeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
49,529 Israel1
153,416 Italy1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
4,942 Libya1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
32,811 Sweden29
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,622 Wales79
51,036 Tanzania61
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Benford:
7,579 England898
38,477 Germany269
30,487 Canada110
Countries with thousands of Benford:
8,864 United States4,189
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Benford Namesakes

  • Gregory Benford, Author
  • Tim Benford, Football wide receiver
  • Frank Benford, Physicist
  • Tony Benford, Basketball Coach
  • Vassal Benford, Record producer
  • Starla Benford, Actress
  • Tommy Benford, Drummer
  • Douglas Benford, Musician
  • Harry Benford, Author
  • Joanne Benford, Author

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