The Benis surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #70,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Benis.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 20 people named Benis 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 Hainaut.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benis.
- Benigno 1,010 · U.S. census
- Benin 165 · U.S. census
- Benincasa 757 · U.S. census
- Benini 105 · U.S. census
- Benintendi 140 · U.S. census
- Benion 351 · U.S. census
- Benit 137 · U.S. census
- Benitez 33,441 · U.S. census
- Benito 1,588 · U.S. census
- Benjamin 36,439 · U.S. census
- Benko 1,757 · U.S. census
- Bennani 107 · U.S. census
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