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benson Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Benne, a pet form of Benedict (see Benn).
  2. English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtun ‘settlement (Old English tun) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic composed of a pet form of the personal name Beniamin (see Bien, Benjamin) + German Sohn ‘son’.
  4. Scandinavian: altered form of such names as Bengtsson, Bendtsen, patronymics from Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of benson Families in the US in 1920
Number of benson families
 682-1362
 228-681		 1-227
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