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bentsen Name Meaning and History

North German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from Bengt, Ben(d)t, short forms of Benignus, Benedikt (see Benedict).

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The bentsen name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bentsen family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bentsen Families in the US in 1920
Number of bentsen families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Niels Peter Bentsen and Tena Petersen Bentsen jmcavalli 0
L. P. Bentsen from Ribe, Denmark Indego3 2
Copenhagen and Horsholm DENK 1800's gensfj 0
Peder Bentsen or Peter Bentzen Profile is currently not available. 0
LOOK FOR MY HISTORY ANTHONY J BENTSEN 0
William Bruce Bentsen (Bill) Zucchini|MA269701 0
Bentsen, Charles -Daughter, Patricia Bill Dobson 0
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