Benner
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: comparative form of ben: more ben
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɛnɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 29K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 31K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 368 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
11,612 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
comparative form of ben: more ben
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Benner is read(measured from records)
Benner is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English81%
comparative form of ben: more ben
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German6.2%
Schreibvariante zu Binder; auf der Karte: e/i-Monophthongvarianz in den Schreibungen, 2156 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
im Hauptverbreitungsgebiet wohl Variante von Bender mit Assimilation nd > nn; Belegzahl 2156
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benner counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 11,612 | 1 in 29K | 12K | Benner | 368 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | listed | Benner | 129 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Benner | 91 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Benner | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Benner | 112 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Benner | 18 |
| PS Palestine | #464 | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Benner | 3 |
11,612 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-1 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Benner is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sco, comparative degree of ben
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdc, plural of Band
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jean Henri Bennerb. 1776FRFrench painter (1776-1836)
- Jean Bennerb. 1836FRFrench artist, and twin to Emmanuel (1836-1906)
- Emmanuel Bennerb. 1836FRFrench painter (1836-1896)
- Maximilian Bircher-Bennerb. 1867CHSwiss physician (1867-1939)
- Otto Bennerb. 1929DEGerman politician (1929-2011)
- Penny Bannerb. 1934USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (1934–2008)
- Patricia Bennerb. 1942USAmerican nursing theorist
- Richard Bennerb. 1943USFilm director, Screenwriter
- Steven A. Bennerb. 1954USAmerican chemist, synthetic biology researcher
- Christiane Bennerb. 1968DEGerman trade unionist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #3,100 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 11K | #2,872 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,165 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Benner mean, and where does it come from?
- comparative form of ben: more ben Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Benner?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɛnɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Benner have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Benner, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benner.
- How common is the name Benner?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,612 people named Benner in 2010, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Benner compared with other names?
- In Palestine, Benner is the 464th most common surname of 17,903 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Benner?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bennerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benner” — the 464th most common surname in Palestine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.