Find out how popular the last name Bendas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bendas.

Bendas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bendas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bendas in America

Bendas is the 96368th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bendas surname appeared 189 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bendas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bendas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bendas

The surname Bendas is believed to have originated in Lithuania during the 13th century. It is derived from the Lithuanian word "bendra," which means "common" or "shared." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived in a communal or shared living space.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Bendas can be found in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives, which contain records dating back to the 16th century. A document from 1562 mentions a man named Jonas Bendas, who was a landowner in the town of Kaunas.

During the 17th century, the name Bendas appeared in various historical documents related to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1642, a man named Mykolas Bendas was listed as a merchant in the city of Vilnius. Another notable figure from this period was Jurgis Bendas, a military officer who served in the Lithuanian army during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

As the centuries passed, the Bendas surname spread beyond Lithuania to other parts of Eastern Europe. In the 19th century, a man named Pavel Bendas, born in 1832, was a prominent Russian artist known for his landscape paintings. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and gained recognition for his depictions of rural scenes in Russia.

Another notable figure with the Bendas surname was Antanas Bendas, a Lithuanian writer and poet who lived from 1876 to 1942. He is considered one of the pioneers of Lithuanian modernist literature and was a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

In the early 20th century, a man named Juozas Bendas, born in 1889, was a Lithuanian diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United States from 1938 to 1940. He played a crucial role in representing Lithuanian interests during the turbulent period leading up to World War II.

While the surname Bendas may not be as common as some others, it has a rich history that spans centuries and is deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of Lithuania and Eastern Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bendas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bendas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bendas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bendas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bendas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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