How common is the surname Bennett?

247,599 people in the United States had the surname Bennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,247 Americans. It ranked 86th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bennett?

Jeff Bennett, American voice actor, followed by Joan Bennett.

Where is the surname Bennett most common?

Wikidata records people named Bennett in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Bennett?

Bennett is /ˈbɛnət/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bennett getting more or less common?

More common. 239,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 247,599 in 2010, up 3.6%.

Is Bennett also a first name?

Yes. Bennett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bennett

A patronymic surname, the 86th most common in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛnət/ 2 syllables Soundex B530 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bennett is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

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

Bennett is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 247,599 people named Bennett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,247 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 239,055.

#86

rank among US surnames

247,599

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #78)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#77	Kim	262,352	1,177
#78	Cox	261,231	1,182
#79	Ward	260,464	1,185
#80	Richardson	259,798	1,188
#81	Watson	252,579	1,222
#82	Brooks	251,663	1,227
#83	Chavez	250,898	1,231

Who is named Bennett

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Bennett identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bennetts

105 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Bennett
American voice actor, born 1962
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, born 1996
Constance Bennett
American actress (1904–1965)
Bruce Bennett
American actor (1906–2007)
Jonathan Bennett
American actor, born 1981
Matt Bennett
American actor, born 1991
Eliza Bennett
British actress and singer, born 1992
Charles H. Bennett
American physicist, information theorist and IBM Research fellow, born 1943
Brooke Bennett
American swimmer, born 1980

Notable Bennetts come mostly from the United States (83), the United Kingdom (8) and Australia (7).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Benett
Bennet

Surnames that sound like Bennett

Bennett has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Questions

How common is the surname Bennett?: 247,599 people in the United States had the surname Bennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,247 Americans. It ranked 86th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bennett?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Bennett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bennett?: Jeff Bennett, American voice actor, followed by Joan Bennett.
Where is the surname Bennett most common?: Wikidata records people named Bennett in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Bennett?: Bennett is /ˈbɛnət/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bennett?: Bennett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bennett getting more or less common?: More common. 239,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 247,599 in 2010, up 3.6%.
What are other spellings of Bennett?: Benett and Bennet.
Is Bennett also a first name?: Yes. Bennett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.