The Benner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,612 people carried this name — #3,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,479 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Benner.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Benner 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 Entre Ríos.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Benner live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Obwalden.
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
37 people named Benner 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 Benner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Henri Benner 1776–1836 · artist -
Jean Henri Benner 1776–1829 · artist
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Jean Henri Benner 1776–1818 · artist
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Jean Benner 1836–1906 · painter -
Jean Benner 1836–1906 · painter
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Johann Hermann Benner 1699–1782 · author
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benner.
- 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
- Benne 660 · 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
- Benoliel 126 · U.S. census
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