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benner Name Meaning and History

  1. South German: occupational name for a basket and bassinet maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German benne ‘work basket’, ‘bassinet’, ‘cradle’.
  2. In some cases probably an altered spelling of German Bender.
  3. English (East Midlands): possibly a variant of Bender.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of benner Families in the US in 1920
Number of benner families
 274-546
 92-273		 1-91
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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