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Bench
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bench
English
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Etymology 1
From en bcq bentʂnon.
Proper noun
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A language spoken in Ethiopia
The people who speak the Bench language
Etymology 2
As an English surname, related to en bank hill and en bench
As a en de - surname, spelling variant of de Bensch, de Benesch, itself Germanized from en cs Beneš.
Proper noun
es
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bench is the 10565th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3033 individuals. Bench is most common among White (90.8%) individuals.
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