Benton
35,994 people in the United States were counted with the surname Benton in the 2020 census, making it the 954th most common in the country. That is about one person in 8,304.
By the numbers
- People
- 35,994
- Rank
- 954th
- How common
- 1 in 8,304
- Per 100,000
- 12.0
Where the name comes from
Origin Old English
From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Benton described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Benton
- Robert Benton (1932–2025)American screenwriter and film director
- Dave Benton (born 1951)Aruban-Estonian musician
- Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)American painter
- Brook Benton (1931–1988)American singer
- Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858)State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Glen Benton (born 1967)American bassist and vocalist
- Barbi Benton (born 1950)American former model, actress and singer
- Oscar Benton (1949–2020)Dutch artist
People named Benton with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Benton
Also a first name
Benton has been given to 10,421 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2016. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.