Bénet Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Bénet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 88 | 1:93,329 | 10,185 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Benet (8,276), Benét (3) & Benèt (1) are calculated separately.
Bénet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bénet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bénet is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Benet, Benét or Benèt. For other possible spellings of Bénet click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bénet? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bénet is the 1,453,389th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. Bénet is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Bénet live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Bénet is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 93,329. In Switzerland Bénet is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 98 percent reside, Canton of Bern, where 1 percent reside and Canton of Vaud, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland Bénet is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 36 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 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
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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 Bénet
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