Bench Family History
Bench Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): of uncertain origin; perhaps a
topographic name for someone who lived by a bank or raised piece of
ground, Middle English benche (from Old English benc
‘bench’). This transferred sense of the word is not well attested,
however, and some other sense of the word may be in question; perhaps
one who sat on a bench in a hall, i.e. a retainer.Possibly
an altered spelling of German Bensch.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bench
Name Distribution of Bench Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bench families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bench families
|
77 - 152 26 - 76 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bench last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bench census records
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Bench Family Origin
Bench Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bench
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bench Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bench census records
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Bench Civil War Service Records
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