How common is the last name Bennett?

239,397 people in the United States have the last name Bennett, about 1 in 1,249. It ranks #90 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BENNETT

#90

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
239,397
About
1 in 1,249
This common or more
16%
Who bears it

Of the 239,397 people with the last name Bennett, 73.3% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bennett

#88 Mendoza · 242,772#89 Gray · 241,208#91 Wood · 238,948#92 Ruiz · 237,286

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,442 Bennet · 3,297#22,886 Bennette · 1,149#42,600 Benett · 548#48,348 Benet · 472#56,084 Bennitt · 394#57,536 Benetti · 382#133,220 Benette · 132

Also a first name

As a first name, Bennett ranks #1,023 of 53,615, with 41,302 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 6,558 births. See Bennett as a first name

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