The Bienvenu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,000 people carried this name — #24,874 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 895 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,866 people named Bienvenu.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Morbihan.
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 30 people named Bienvenu 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 East Flanders.
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.
Who carried it
People named Bienvenu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Touchatout 1835–1910 · writer -
Jacques Bienvenu 1525– · playwright
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Léon Bienvenu 1835–1913 · politician
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Roland G. Bienvenu, Sr. 1917–2011
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Lily Bienvenu 1920–1998 · composer
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Bernard Bienvenu 1920–1993 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bienvenu.
- Bielecki 1,505 · U.S. census
- Bieler 673 · U.S. census
- Bielli 106 · U.S. census
- Bien 1,960 · U.S. census
- Bienaime 2,277 · U.S. census
- Bienkowski 663 · U.S. census
- Bienvenue 490 · U.S. census
- Bier 2,320 · U.S. census
- Bierce 382 · U.S. census
- Biere 196 · U.S. census
- Bieri 888 · U.S. census
- Bierling 139 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bienvenu is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
