The Bentz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,923 people carried this name — #5,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,794 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 896 people named Bentz.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 109 people named Bentz live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Bentz live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bentz in American newspapers,
1917–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,496 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bentz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Friedrich Bentz 1586–1638 · teacher
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Johann Andreas Bentz 1706–1762 · jurist
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Peter Bentz 1791–1858 · entrepreneur
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Frederick Bentz 1853–1936 · painter
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Frederick Bentz 1853–1936 · painter
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Frederick Bentz 1853–1936 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bentz.
- Bens 335 · U.S. census
- Bense 311 · U.S. census
- Bensimon 276 · U.S. census
- Benso 120 · U.S. census
- Benson 86,081 · U.S. census
- Bento 2,596 · U.S. census
- Bentzinger 259 · U.S. census
- Benveniste 310 · U.S. census
- Benvenuti 633 · U.S. census
- Benvenuto 1,142 · U.S. census
- Benz 5,691 · U.S. census
- Benzaquen 194 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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