Benedict Family History
Benedict Name Meaning
English and Dutch: from the medieval personal name Benedict
(Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). This owed its popularity
in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict of Norcia
(c.480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at
Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all
subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also
contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in
Romance countries.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Benedict Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Benedict families
 368 - 733  123 - 367 |
 1 - 122  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Benedict families
|
14 - 26 5 - 13 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Benedict Family Origin
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Benedict Family Occupations
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