Benes surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Benes surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,203 people carried this name — #12,815 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

123 people named Benes have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 174 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 57
Lesser Poland 22
Podlaskie 19
Lower Silesian 7
Łódź 6
Warmian-Masurian 4
Subcarpathian 2
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Benes.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Hérault 21
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Hauts-de-Seine 12
Aude 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Maine-et-Loire 4
Charente-Maritime 3
Haute-Garonne 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Benes live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Basel-Landschaft 5
Basel-Stadt 5
Graubünden 4
Neuchâtel 3
Schaffhausen 3

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.

In print

Benes in American newspapers,
1903–1948.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Benes
The San Francisco Call 1903-12-08
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Benes
El Mundo 1922-05-01
Newspaper page from Roanoke Rapids Herald carrying the name Benes
Roanoke Rapids Herald 1936-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,751,500 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Benes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues
    Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues 1941– · Catholic priest
  • Andy Benes
    Andy Benes 1967– · baseball player
  • Bedřich Beneš
    Bedřich Beneš 1967– · computer scientist
  • Ed Benes
    Ed Benes 1972– · comics artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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