# Benet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/benet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 390 |
| US rank (2010) | 53,072 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 791,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.6% (413 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Benet in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Benet in the United States and Andorra.

## People named Benet

- Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, novelist (1898–1943)
- Brenda Benet, actress (1945–1982)
- Eric Benét, American singer
- William Rose Benét, American writer (1886-1950)
- Christie Benet, American politician, college football player and coach (1879-1951)
- Jordi Benet, Andorran footballer

## Similar surnames

Bennett, Benoit, Bent, Bennet, Bento, Benito, Bonnet, Bonet, Bennette, Bond, Banda, Bundy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.