Benoït Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Benoït Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Benoit (111,387), Benoît (290) & Bénoit (3) are calculated separately.
Benoït (61) may also be a first name.
Benoït Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benoït Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Benoït is borne by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Benoit, Benoît or Bénoit. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benoït? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Benoït occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Benoït reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 61 people.
This last name is most numerous in Chad, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 3,398,050. Other than Chad Benoït occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent reside and Benin, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Benoït
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