Bénit Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Bénit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bénit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
France41:16,605,680368,153
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Benit (1,103) are calculated separately.

Bénit (11) may also be a first name.

Bénit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bénit Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bénit is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Benit. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bénit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bénit is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Bénit is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Bénit are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Bénit is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,045,149. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Brussels Capital Region, where 91 percent live and Walloon Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Belgium Bénit is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent live and The Netherlands, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benit931,103/
Bénoit913/
Bénite911/
Béni89506/
Bényi80653/
Binit80254/
Bénet80147/
Bénis8011/
Bénai801/
Bégni801/
Benoit73111,387/
Baynit732,694/
Benite731,882/
Beneit73372/
Benitt73145/
Benidt73102/
Beniot73102/
Benith7395/
Bingit7382/
Binoit7362/
Beniet7351/
Benist7325/
Benait7322/
Binite7316/
Benuit7310/
Binith735/
Bynite734/
Benhit732/
Bainit732/
Bégnis732/
Bhinit731/
Binitt731/
Bénich731/
Binist731/
Béneyt731/
Bini6741,006/
Beni6728,785/
Benoist6715,019/
Beneite67449/
Benoite67294/
Binoist67293/
Byni67237/
Bäni67230/
Beniste67132/
Benitte67116/
Béné67110/
Benoits6748/
Benijts6744/
Béna6731/
Benaite6722/
Benoitt6714/
Benaist6712/
Benoidt6711/
Baynite6711/
Bignitz6710/
Benithe679/
Benoitz678/
Beuniet678/
Bény675/
Bainait673/
Benuite673/
Besnoit673/
Beunoit672/
Benaith671/
Bénaich671/
Bénette671/
Baingit671/
Benişte671/
Beniott671/
Bjni671/
Benoith671/
Bigneit671/
Bisnith671/
Binitte671/
Boujnit671/
Boynitt671/
Beanoit671/
Baynitt671/
Beneitz671/
Benithh671/

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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 Bénit
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