Benoist Surname
Approximately 15,019 people bear this surname
Benoist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13,006 | 1:5,107 | 413 |
| United States | 1,290 | 1:280,976 | 26,195 |
| Netherlands | 167 | 1:101,121 | 16,397 |
| New Caledonia | 109 | 1:2,534 | 293 |
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| England | 64 | 1:870,595 | 45,570 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Switzerland | 44 | 1:186,657 | 16,684 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84 | 1:597,841 | 40,179 |
The alternate forms: Benoîst (1) are calculated separately.
Benoist (712) may also be a first name.
Benoist Demographics
Average Benoist Salary in
United States
$46,702 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Benoist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benoist Come From? nationality or country of origin
Benoist (Russian: Беноист) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Benoîst. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benoist? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,195th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 485,222 people. The surname Benoist occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Benoist live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Benoist is also the 309,497th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 712 people.
The last name Benoist is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 13,006 people, or 1 in 5,107. In France Benoist is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 22 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 13 percent live and Normandy, where 13 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 46 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Benoist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Benoist has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,536 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Benoist Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Benoist last name are 24.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.04% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Benoist earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.23% more than the national average, earning $46,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.66% less than the national average, earning $41,905 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benoist Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benoist in the Russian language | ||
| Беноист | benoist | - |
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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 Benoist
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