Benton surname meaning

Benton is an English habitational surname from places so named, including Benton Green in Warwickshire, Bentons in Suffolk, and Little Benton and Longbenton in Northumberland. The place-name combines Old English bēan, “beans,” or beonet, “bent grass,” with tūn, “enclosure” or “settlement.” In Yorkshire, and possibly Staffordshire, Benton can also be a variant of Bentham. The surname therefore marks origin in a settlement associated with beans or bent grass rather than a single famous founder. Place is high confidence for that habitational explanation in DAFN and matching surname references.