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bens Name Meaning and History

Dutch and North German: patronymic from a short form of Bernhard.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bens Families in the US in 1920
Number of bens families
 12-22
 5-11
 1-4
 0
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