# Bennett (surname)

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

An English surname originating as a patronymic from a medieval form of Benedict.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 247,599 |
| US rank (2010) | 86 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,247 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (239,055 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛnət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Benett, Bennet |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bennett 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bennett in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.

## People named Bennett

- Jeff Bennett, American voice actor
- Joan Bennett, American actress (1910–1990)
- Haley Bennett, American actress and singer (born 1988)
- Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (1870-1947)
- Jimmy Bennett, American actor
- Constance Bennett, American actress (1904–1965)
- Bruce Bennett, American actor (1906–2007)
- Jonathan Bennett, American actor
- Matt Bennett, American actor
- Eliza Bennett, British actress and singer
- Charles H. Bennett, American physicist, information theorist and IBM Research fellow
- Brooke Bennett, American swimmer

and 93 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Benoit, Bent, Bonnett, Bennet, Bonnette, Bento, Benito, Bonnet, Bennette, Benet, Bond, Banda.

## 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.