[Surname] where is this name popular
i would like to know how many people with the surname Benson you know. It has english orgins and means the son of benedict.
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In England Benson is best represented in the northern counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumberland, but it seems that there were some Bensons of southern origin, taking their name from Bensington in Oxfordshire. This place name was commonly pronounced Benson.