Benoît Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Benoît Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Switzerland | 66 | 1:124,438 | 12,477 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Benoit (111,387), Benoït (7) & Bénoit (3) are calculated separately.
Benoît (20,298) may also be a first name.
Benoît Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benoît Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benoît is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Benoit, Benoït or Bénoit. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Benoît? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 914,967th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Benoît reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Benoît is also the 37,388th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 20,298 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 714,223. In France Benoît is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 35 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 11 percent are found. Beside France Benoît occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 16 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Benoît
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