Benney is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Benney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Benney

How popular is Benney?

Benney is ranked 216956 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Benneies plummeted by 8.393286 per cent to 382 since 2000 and slipped by 6320 spots and ranked at 54055. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.58 93.53
Black 6.54 3.6
Benney is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 1546 people have been found who wears Benney as their family name. Benney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
118,441 Germany2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
20,595 China2
18,969 Wales1
49,529 Israel1
36,678 Singapore1
24,176 Qatar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
13,872 New Zealand43
14,963 Scotland26
116,847 Canada21
50,826 Zimbabwe19
460,058 India17
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with hundreds of Benney:
50,628 United States524
12,686 England473
12,256 Australia225
43,624 South Africa110
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Benney worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ticonderoga and arrived on October 11, 1851.

Comments

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Nelida Slay
 The origin of the name is germaine this is the name of a locality of the department of the moselle, indicates family origin the etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of the personal name and the suffix Frankish beno iacum meaning which means the land of beno diminutive bernhard strong as a bear.

Benney Namesakes

  • Mark Benney, Screenwriter
  • Geraint Benney, TV actor
  • Geraint Benney, TV actor

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