The Bene surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 723 people carried this name — #30,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 491 people named Bene.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Bene live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bene.
- Bence 1,450 · U.S. census
- Benchimol 100 · U.S. census
- Bendavid 449 · U.S. census
- Bendel 1,283 · U.S. census
- Bendele 758 · U.S. census
- Bender 38,464 · U.S. census
- Benedetti 2,625 · U.S. census
- Benedetto 3,280 · U.S. census
- Benedick 427 · U.S. census
- Benedict 16,846 · U.S. census
- Benedicto 425 · U.S. census
- Benedito 101 · U.S. census
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