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 occurs more in Chad more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Benoit, Benoît or Bénoit. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Benoït? popularity and diffusion
Benoït is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Benoït occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Benoït are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 61 people.
The surname Benoït is most commonly held in Chad, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 3,398,050. Apart from Chad Benoït is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 14 percent live and Benin, where 14 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
- 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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