Last Name BENJAMIN

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Meaning	The son of Benjamin. The son of the right hand; the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons.

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Falkland, Assyrian, Haitian, Creole, Portuguese, Belgian, Guinean, Zimbabwean, Nigerian, Namibian, South african, Hungarian, Indonesian

Rank	868 (2000 US census)	840 (1990 US census)

Count	36,439 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

53.29%, or 19418 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
39.24%, or 14299 total occurrences, as black,
1.82%, or 663 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.94%, or 343 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.37%, or 864 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.35%, or 856 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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