Benezet Surname

336,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,096 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Benezet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benezet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8651:76,78910,790
Tanzania1411:375,47227,321
United States381:9,538,393399,091
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Bénezet (1) & Bénézet (292) are calculated separately.

Benezet (122) may also be a first name.

Benezet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Benezet is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Bénezet or Bénézet. Click here for other possible spellings of Benezet.

How Common Is The Last Name Benezet? popularity and diffusion

The surname Benezet is the 336,335th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,649,221 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Benezet reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 844,248th most common first name at a global level It is held by 122 people.

The last name Benezet is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 865 people, or 1 in 76,789. In France it is mostly found in: Occitanie, where 61 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 8 percent reside. Apart from France it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Benezet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Benezet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benezet surname expanded 190 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Benezet Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Benezet are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Benezet earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.94% less than the national average, earning $34,113 USD per year.

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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 Benezet
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