Benesteau Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Benesteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benesteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2871:231,43835,907
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Bénesteau (1) are calculated separately.

Benesteau Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benesteau Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Benesteau is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Bénesteau. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Benesteau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 917,199th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Benesteau reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 231,438. In France Benesteau is primarily concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 71 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 8 percent live. Barring France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Benesteau
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