From en.wiktionary.org:
[bench]
** English
[Bench language]
*** Etymology 1
From [en].
**** Proper noun
[-]
1. A language spoken in Ethiopia
2. The people who speak the Bench language
*** Etymology 2
- As an English surname, related to [en] and [en]
- As a [en] surname, spelling variant of [de] , [de] , itself Germanized from [en] .
**** Proper noun
[Benches]
1. [en] .
***** Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, _Bench_ is the 10565 <sup> th </sup> most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3033 individuals. _Bench_ is most common among White (90.8%) individuals.
**** Further reading
- [R:en:DAFN]