The Benard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,407 people carried this name — #12,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,159 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,682 people named Benard.
122 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 85 people named Benard live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Benard live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Benard in American newspapers,
1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,882 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Théodore-Napoléon Benard 1808–1873 · economist -
Liliana Benard 1949– · screenwriter -
Antoine Benard 1700–1694 · goldsmith
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Jacques Renaud Benard 1731–1794 · encyclopédistes
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Eugen Benard 1904–1941 · architect
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Jose Benard Guedes 1931–2012 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benard.
- Belz 1,894 · U.S. census
- Bemer 218 · U.S. census
- Bemont 125 · U.S. census
- Ben 3,386 · U.S. census
- Bena 568 · U.S. census
- Benac 279 · U.S. census
- Benas 155 · U.S. census
- Benassi 428 · U.S. census
- Benatar 212 · U.S. census
- Benavente 1,901 · U.S. census
- Benavides 23,761 · U.S. census
- Bence 1,449 · U.S. census
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