Benton
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English
Etymology
From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Benton (countable and uncountable, plural Bentons)
- A small village in Bratton Fleming parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6536).
- A neighbourhood in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2768).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Marshall County, Kentucky.
- A town, the parish seat of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
- A small city, the county seat of Scott County, Missouri.
- A town, the county seat of Polk County, Tennessee.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Benton is the 912th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 37,912 individuals. Benton is most common among White (69.00%) and Black (24.95%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Benton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139.