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Benjamin

in South Dakota

There are 24 people with the last name "Benjamin" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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Benjamin 4,980
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  1. is 4,976th most common Ailts
  2. is 4,977th most common Akland
  3. is 4,978th most common Backman
  4. is 4,979th most common Batie
  5. is 4,980th most common Benjamin
  6. is 4,981st most common Benter
  7. is 4,982nd most common Bigelow
  8. is 4,983rd most common Blackbear
  9. is 4,984th most common Blakeman

Most Common First Names for Benjamin

Michael, Wilder, Anthony, Bernita, Betty, Daniel, Debra, Dorothy, George, Gerald

Meaning & History

Jewish, English, French, and Hungarian (Benjámin): from the Hebrew male personal name Binyamin ‘Son of the South’. In the Book of Genesis, it is treated as meaning ‘Son of the Right Hand’. The two senses are connected, since in Hebrew the south is thought of as the righthand side of a person who is facing east. Benjamin was the youngest and favorite son of Jacob and supposed progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel (Genesis 35:16– 18; 42:4). It is rare as an English and French surname; the personal name was not common among Gentiles in the Middle Ages, but its use was sanctioned by virtue of having been borne by a saint martyred in Persia in about ad 424. In some cases in medieval Europe it was also applied as a byname or nickname to the youngest (and beloved) son of a large family; this is the sense of modern French benjamin.

FOREBEARS John Benjamin (1598–1645) came from England to Watertown, MA, in 1632.A man called Benjamin, of unknown origin, was recorded in Repentigny, Quebec, in 1704, with the secondary surname Saint-Aubin.

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Michael Benjamin, SD (4 searches)
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