The Benne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 660 people carried this name — #34,353 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 12% from 749 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Benne surname
Borrowed from North German Benne, a variant of the surname Benn. Borrowed also from French Benne, a metonymic occupational surname for the maker or driver of a cart.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Benne» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 395 people named Benne.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Tarn.
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 36 people named Benne 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 Flemish Brabant.
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
22 people named Benne live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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
24 people named Benne 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).
Who carried it
People named Benne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kenneth Dean Benne 1908–1992 · pedagogue
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Katherine Freeman Benne 1910–2002 · writer
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Edwin Benne 1965– · volleyball player
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Simon Benne 1970– · journalist
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Jörg Benne 1975– · writer
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Bruno Benne 1980– · choreographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benne.
- 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
- Bennani 212 · 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
- Benoit 20,160 · U.S. census
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