Banet

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Bonet is the translation of “Yom Tob” = holy day or good day for the Jews of Provence and Spain in the 11th century

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Banet is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 624K(measured from records)
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 61K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 122K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈560 people, est.

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 61K (inferred from the name graph)

Liberia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Bonet is the translation of “Yom Tob” = holy day or good day for the Jews of Provence and Spain in the 11th century. It exists in two other forms, like Bonjorn and Bonet, and it was widespread in France and in the UK.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Banet 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 Banet is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—≈560 est.≈1 in 122K60—2
US United States—5331 in 624K592Banet151
ES Spain—1391 in 360K139Banet12
PL Poland—1301 in 294K66—1
LR Liberia—≈83 est.≈1 in 61K—Banet1
GD Grenada#249———Banet1

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

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

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Banét

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Baneṭ

  • Arabic surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Algeria, Morocco

    Also written Bànët, Bãnêt, Bänèt, Bãnèt, Bánèt

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain

    Also written Bãnet

44 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)

Banet is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, simple past of bane

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

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)

1700180019002000Mordecai Benet, b. 1753Ezekiel Baneth, b. 1773Jesája Benet, b. 1792David Hartwig Baneth, b. 1893David Bannett, b. 1921Henrique Harguindey, b. 1946Chaim Banet, b. 1947Shimon Riklin, b. 1953Vincent Banet, b. 1953Gad Baneth, b. 2000
  • Mordecai Benetb. 1753HUnot in their usual namechief rabbi of Moravia and Nikolsburg (1753–1829)
  • Ezekiel Banethb. 1773HUnot in their usual nameHungarian rabbi (1773–1854)
  • Jesája Benetb. 1792CZnot in their usual nameHungarian rabbi (1792–1864)
  • David Hartwig Banethb. 1893ILnot in their usual nameformer member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language
  • David Bannettb. 1921ILnot in their usual nameAmerican-Israeli electronics engineer
  • Henrique Harguindeyb. 1946ESnot in their usual nameSpanish writer and translator
  • Chaim Banetb. 1947ILIsraeli composer
  • Shimon Riklinb. 1953ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer
  • Vincent Banetb. 1953FRFrench rugby league footballer
  • Gad Banethb. 2000ILnot in their usual nameresearcher

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 Banet,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Banet
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020592#40,000
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010533#40,909
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000511#40,335
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—139#21,700
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—139#21,678
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951103—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192174—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196170—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202666—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—66#41,024
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202664—

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Banet mean, and where does it come from?
Bonet is the translation of “Yom Tob” = holy day or good day for the Jews of Provence and Spain in the 11th century. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
How do you pronounce Banet?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbænɪt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Banet have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 556 people named Banet in France, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Banet?
In the United States, the national register counted 533 people named Banet in 2010, about 1 in 624 thousand residents.
How common is Banet compared with other names?
In Grenada, Banet is the 249th most common surname of 3,427 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Banet” — the 249th most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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