Bénoit Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Bénoit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Benoit (111,387), Benoît (290) & Benoït (7) are calculated separately.
Bénoit (775) may also be a first name.
Bénoit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bénoit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bénoit is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Benoit, Benoît or Benoït. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bénoit? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Bénoit live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 294,797th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 775 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France Bénoit is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account France this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 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 Bénoit
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