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The Bennet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,523 people carried this name — #9,237 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 3,822 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bennet surname

A surname transferred from the given name, a less common spelling of Bennett.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bennet» (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 342 people named Bennet.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Lot.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Lot 174
Paris 41
Cantal 28
Dordogne 22
Corrèze 12
Gironde 11
Aveyron 9
Drôme 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Bennet live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schwyz.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Schwyz 11
Zurich 10
Aargau 5
Bern 5
Zug 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Uri 3

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

170 people named Bennet is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 170

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

Bennet in American newspapers,
1904–1907.

Newspaper page from The Denison Review carrying the name Bennet
The Denison Review 1907-10-30
Newspaper page from La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico carrying the name Bennet
La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico 1906-11-30
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Bennet
The Birmingham Age-herald 1904-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 68,100 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bennet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Bennet d. 1703 · politician
  • William Bennet d. 1729 · politician
  • William Bennet d. 1729 · politician
  • James Bennet d. 1690 · military personnel
  • George Bennet d. 1674 · Christian minister
  • Lady Corisande Bennet d. 1876 · aristocrat

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bennet.

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