Last Name BENTLEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Bentley, parishes in counties Suffolk, Hants, Warwich, Derby, and Essex; also many small hamlets in various counties. In general the surname is literally Benet-legh, i.e. the field of Benedict, the first occupier. Local: From 'bent,' and 'ley,' uncultivated ground, a pasture.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank	814 (2000 US census)	794 (1990 US census)

Count	38,714 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84%, or 32520 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.12%, or 4692 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 166 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.45%, or 174 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 542 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 623 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...