The Bennani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 98% from 107 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 168 people named Bennani 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Bennani.
Most of them — 71 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
76 people named Bennani live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Bennani live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bennani in American newspapers,
1897–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bennani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Bennani 1884–1978 · lawyer -
Abdelaziz Bennani 1935–2015 · military officer -
Hamid Benani 1940– · screenwriter
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Jalil Bennani 1948– · psychiatrist -
Mehdi Bennani 1983– · racing automobile driver -
Mohamed Bennani-Smires 1927–2014 · sports official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 19 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bennani.
- Benis 199 · U.S. census
- Benit 146 · U.S. census
- Benitez 51,288 · U.S. census
- Benito 2,430 · U.S. census
- Benjamin 40,590 · U.S. census
- Benko 1,243 · U.S. census
- Benne 660 · U.S. census
- Benner 11,612 · U.S. census
- Bennes 124 · U.S. census
- Bennet 3,523 · U.S. census
- Bennett 247,599 · U.S. census
- Benoist 742 · U.S. census
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