The Benic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 104 people carried this name — #156,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 116 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Benic.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Morbihan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
41 people named Benic live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Benic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Benic in American newspapers,
1912–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,193,124 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benic.
- Benetti 342 · U.S. census
- Beneventi 156 · U.S. census
- Benezra 416 · U.S. census
- Benhaim 181 · U.S. census
- Benhamou 163 · U.S. census
- Beni 280 · U.S. census
- Benigni 352 · U.S. census
- Benigno 1,220 · U.S. census
- Benin 173 · U.S. census
- Benincasa 807 · U.S. census
- Benini 127 · U.S. census
- Benintendi 143 · U.S. census
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