The Benhamou surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 163 people carried this name — #108,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 63% from 100 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 963 people named Benhamou.
Most of them — 673 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 90 people named Benhamou live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Benhamou live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Benhamou in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benhamou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eliyahu Ben Hamou 1934–2004 -
Françoise Benhamou 1952– · economist -
Lionel Benhamou 1956–1995 · guitarist -
Philippe Benhamou 1957– · economist -
Livnat Ben-Hamou 1989– · dub actor -
Jean-Pierre Benhamou 1927–2008 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benhamou.
- Benet 390 · U.S. census
- Beneteau 180 · U.S. census
- Benetti 342 · U.S. census
- Beneventi 156 · U.S. census
- Benezra 416 · U.S. census
- Benhaim 181 · U.S. census
- Beni 280 · U.S. census
- Benic 104 · U.S. census
- Benigni 352 · U.S. census
- Benigno 1,220 · U.S. census
- Benin 173 · U.S. census
- Benincasa 807 · U.S. census
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