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Origin Of The Surname Bennett
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Meaning Of The Surname Bennett
Descendant of Benedict
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Interesting
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Bennett
Bennett is a patronymic surname that comes from the given name Benedict, made popular by Shakespeare. It ultimately is derived from the Latin Benedictus which means ‘Blessed One’. As a patronymic surname it would have originally been given to member of the household of a man called Benedict, and this may also have included the servants of the household, who often took their masters name. Gordon Bennett has become a slang term used as an exclamation in the place of a swearword, it is a famous phrase in English but nobody actually knows who the mysterious Gordon Bennett was. |
Bennett Statistics
Bennett is the number 64 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 94,402 share the surname Bennett in the UK.
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