Bennson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 9
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bennson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bennson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Blacksmith 1
Coach Builder Employing 7 Men 1
Shirt Maker Forewoman 1
Brewers Labourer 1
Railway Labourer 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bennson

Name Census Frequency
John Bennson 21
Mary Bennson 18
William Bennson 11
George Bennson 9
Thomas Bennson 9
Elizabeth Bennson 8
Ann Bennson 7
Sarah Bennson 7
Martha Bennson 5
Samuel Bennson 5
Annie Bennson 4
Charles Bennson 4
Emma Bennson 4
James Bennson 4
Jane Bennson 4
Joseph Bennson 4
Anne Bennson 3
Eliza Bennson 3
Henry Bennson 3
Walter Bennson 3
Ellen Bennson 2
Enoch Bennson 2
Fanny Bennson 2
Hannah Bennson 2
Margaret Bennson 2

Bennson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Benson 86% 53,912
2 Bennison 88% 6,846
3 Bennson 100% 178
4 Beninson 88% 157

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The surname Bennson is the 3rd most popular variant of Benson.

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