Last Name BENNET

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Meaning	The son of Bennet, i.e. Benedict. Bennet was the usual English form. A contraction or rather a corruption of Benedict, from 'Benedictus,' blessed.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Chilean, Irish, Falkland

Rank	8,008 (2000 US census)	6,372 (1990 US census)

Count	3,822 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.64%, or 2738 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.06%, or 843 total occurrences, as black,
0.65%, or 25 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 30 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.57%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.3%, or 126 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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