Bens surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bens surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 335 people carried this name — #60,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 325 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 446 people named Bens live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 309
Limburg 94
Flemish Brabant 21
Hainaut 12
West Flanders 5
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 159 people named Bens.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Pas-de-Calais 72
Pyrénées-Orientales 24
Paris 17
Nord 12
Seine-et-Marne 6
Haut-Rhin 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Aisne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

32 people named Bens have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 39 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Masovian 20
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5
Łódź 4
Lower Silesian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Bens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francisco Bens
    Francisco Bens 1867–1949 · military personnel
  • Jacques Bens 1931–2001 · poet
  • Constant Bens 1946– · amateur wrestler
  • Ernest Bens 1949– · sport cyclist
  • Jonas Bens 1985– · ethnologist
  • Edie Bens 2000– · singer-songwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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