Bennett

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from the medieval male personal name Bennet, from Old French Beneit, form of Latin Benedictus

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bɛnət/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bennett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 27th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 818(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 876
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 969

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200,000 people, est.

#335 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
582 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 818 (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BennettLatin(measured from records)
ბენეტიGeorgian(measured from records)
בענעטHebrew(measured from records)
베네트Hangul(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the medieval male personal name Bennet, from Old French Beneit, form of Latin Benedictus

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bennett 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.

Where Bennett is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,200,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Bennett24
US United States#73247,5991 in 1.3K248KBennett582
GB United Kingdom#51≈75,000 est.≈1 in 8763Bennett325
CA Canada#65≈29,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K105Bennett269
AU Australia#59≈26,000 est.≈1 in 9691Bennett257
NZ New Zealand#56≈4,900 est.≈1 in 99714Bennett171
IE Ireland#70≈4,900 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Bennett111
JM Jamaica#27≈3,400 est.≈1 in 818—Bennett37

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; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bennett is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Béññètt, Béññétt, Bënnëtt

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bennet-T

  • Polish surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Bulgaria

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Bennet, Benet, Бенет

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Μπεννεττ

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bennett is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, From the medieval name Benedict; 'blessed'.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • The normal medieval vernacular form of dBenedict, borne by women as well as men in the past. Now sometimes used as an antiquarian revival, but more often a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval given name. Variants: Benett, Bennet, Benet.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Irish, A prominent Anglo-Irish family (of French origin, ultimately Latin benedictus ) in Kilkenny and adjacent counties since the fourteenth century. The name appears as MacBennett in Oriel. MIF See also Bunyan

    as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland

  • English: the normal medieval form of BENEDICT , now sometimes used as an antiquarian revival, but more often it is a transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the medieval given name. Variants: Benett, Bennet, Benet .

    as a word

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)

1850190019502000Richard Bedford Bennett, b. 1870Constance Bennett, b. 1904Joan Bennett, b. 1910Jill Bennett, b. 1931Ronnie Spector, b. 1943Jeff Bennett, b. 1962Naftali Bennett, b. 1972Wade Barrett, b. 1980Haley Bennett, b. 1988Rhea Ripley, b. 1996

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)

FormalDear Mr Bennett,
InformalHi Bennett,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 79 sources across 43 countries.

Official registers attesting Bennett
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010248K#86
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020239K#90
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000239K#78

Reference works 7

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 Bennett mean, and where does it come from?
from the medieval male personal name Bennet, from Old French Beneit, form of Latin Benedictus Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
What are other forms of the name Bennett?
In the etymology graph, Bento, Benedict and Benedetto are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Bennett have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 million people named Bennett in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bennett.
How common is the name Bennett?
In the United States, the national register counted 247,599 people named Bennett in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
How common is Bennett compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Bennett is the 27th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
How do you pronounce Bennett?
A machine transcription gives /bɛnət/ (IPA) for English.

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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, “Bennett” — the 27th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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