The Benoist surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 742 people carried this name — #31,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 614 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Benoist surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Benedict.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Benoist» (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 5,555 people named Benoist.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Benoist live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Benoist,
with a public archive behind them.
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Élie Benoist 1640–1728 · historian -
Estienne Benoist d. 1719 · artist
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Antoine Benoist 1632–1717 · painter
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Gabriel Benoist 1662–1701 · painter
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Louis Benoist 1680–1734 · architect
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Michel Benoist 1715–1774 · astronomer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benoist.
- Bennani 212 · 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
- Benoit 20,160 · U.S. census
- Benoliel 126 · U.S. census
- Bens 335 · U.S. census
- Bense 311 · U.S. census
- Bensimon 276 · U.S. census
- Benso 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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