How common is the surname Benoit?

20,160 people in the United States had the surname Benoit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,315 Americans. It ranked 1,775th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Benoit?

David Benoit, American basketball player (born 1968), followed by Nancy Benoit.

Where is the surname Benoit most common?

Wikidata records people named Benoit in the United States, Belgium and Argentina.

How do you pronounce Benoit?

Benoit is /bɛnˈwɑː/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Benoit getting more or less common?

More common. 18,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,160 in 2010, up 7.0%.

Is Benoit also a first name?

Yes. Benoit 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 Benoit

A French surname, carried by 20,160 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɛnˈwɑː/ 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). Benoit is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Benoît.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,160 people named Benoit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,315 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,842.

#1,775

rank among US surnames

20,160

people in 2010

6.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #1,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,766	North	20,343	15,177
#1,767	Dasilva	20,338	15,181
#1,768	Ledesma	20,311	15,201
#1,769	Messer	20,306	15,205
#1,770	Root	20,284	15,221
#1,772	Hackett	20,278	15,226
#1,773	Posey	20,263	15,237

Who is named Benoit

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

82% of people named Benoit identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Benoits

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Benoit
American basketball player (born 1968)
Nancy Benoit
American professional wrestling manager (1964–2007)
David Benoit
American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953)
Adelin Benoît
Belgian cyclist (1900–1954)
Tab Benoit
American blues guitarist, musician and singer, born 1967
Pedro Benoit
Argentine urban planner (1836–1897)
Patricia Benoit
American actor (1927-2018)

Notable Benoits come mostly from the United States (5), Belgium (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Benoist
Benois

Surnames that sound like Benoit

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Benoit come from?: Borrowed from French Benoît.
How common is the surname Benoit?: 20,160 people in the United States had the surname Benoit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,315 Americans. It ranked 1,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benoit?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Benoit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Benoit?: David Benoit, American basketball player (born 1968), followed by Nancy Benoit.
Where is the surname Benoit most common?: Wikidata records people named Benoit in the United States, Belgium and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Benoit?: Benoit is /bɛnˈwɑː/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Benoit getting more or less common?: More common. 18,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,160 in 2010, up 7.0%.
What are other spellings of Benoit?: Benoist and Benois.
Is Benoit also a first name?: Yes. Benoit 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.