Last Name BENEDICT

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Meaning	The son of Benedict, more generally Bennet. One of the most popular personal names of the surname epoch, owning its favor to the Benedictines. From Benedictus, blessed, well spoken of, or a person wishing all good.

Origin	English, Latin, Jewish, Russian, Dutch, Irish, Hungarian, Liberian

Rank	1,964 (2000 US census)	2,062 (1990 US census)

Count	16,846 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.29%, or 15716 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.25%, or 211 total occurrences, as black,
0.81%, or 136 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.23%, or 207 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 236 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.02%, or 340 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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