The Bengtson Last Name

Bengtson and Bengtsson are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Bengtsson, is “Son of Ben (Benedict)”. Bengtson drops the “s” of Bengtsson, a shortening that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Benktson and Bengzon.

Bengtson ranked 10,284 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,135 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bengtson, so the heraldry linked to Bengtsson is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Bengtson report, with a museum-style coat of arms.