Last Name BENSON

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Meaning	The son of Bennet, i.e. Benedict, from nickname Ben or Benn. Ben's-son, the son of Benjamin.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Nigerian, South african, Hungarian, Liberian

Rank	332 (2000 US census)	331 (1990 US census)

Count	84,233 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.98%, or 67370 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.65%, or 13182 total occurrences, as black,
0.61%, or 514 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.74%, or 623 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.48%, or 1247 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.55%, or 1306 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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