The Benz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,564 people carried this name — #5,714 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,323 people named Benz live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 160 people named Benz.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
27 people named Benz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 76 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benz.
- Bento 1,673 · U.S. census
- Bentz 5,794 · U.S. census
- Bentzinger 243 · U.S. census
- Benveniste 303 · U.S. census
- Benvenuti 630 · U.S. census
- Benvenuto 1,094 · U.S. census
- Benzaquen 170 · U.S. census
- Ber 333 · U.S. census
- Bera 1,028 · U.S. census
- Berard 3,491 · U.S. census
- Berardi 3,129 · U.S. census
- Berardo 410 · U.S. census
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