How common is the last name Benedict?

16,229 people in the United States have the last name Benedict, about 1 in 18,418. It ranks #2,181 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BENEDICT

#2,181

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,229
About
1 in 18,418
This common or more
48.8%
Who bears it

Of the 16,229 people with the last name Benedict, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Benedict

#2,179 Stallings · 16,232#2,180 Light · 16,231#2,182 Whitt · 16,228#2,183 Kohler · 16,227

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Benedict, most common first.

#32,985 Benedicto · 745#43,008 Benedick · 542#58,307 Benedix · 376#62,967 Bendick · 343#114,090 Benedikt · 163#119,015 Benedik · 154#130,360 Beneduce · 136

Also a first name

As a first name, Benedict ranks #3,234 of 53,615, with 6,647 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 305 births. See Benedict as a first name

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