Where does the surname Benavides come from?

Benavides is Spanish in origin.

How common is the surname Benavides?

23,761 people in the United States had the surname Benavides in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,994 Americans. It ranked 1,508th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Benavides?

Kevin Benavides, Argentine rally raid biker.

Where is the surname Benavides most common?

Wikidata records people named Benavides in Argentina.

Is the surname Benavides getting more or less common?

More common. 18,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,761 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Benavides

A Spanish surname, carried by 23,761 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B513

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benavides is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,761 people named Benavides in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,994 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,617.

#1,508

rank among US surnames

23,761

people in 2010

8.1

per 100,000 Americans

+27.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,499	Arevalo	23,895	12,921
#1,500	Horner	23,881	12,929
#1,501	Conklin	23,846	12,947
#1,502	Holbrook	23,843	12,949
#1,504	Hollingsworth	23,831	12,956
#1,505	Clement	23,830	12,956
#1,506	Devine	23,775	12,986

Who is named Benavides

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Benavides identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Benavidess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Benavides
Argentine rally raid biker, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benavides

Benavides has the Soundex code B513, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B513.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Benavides come from?: Benavides is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Benavides?: 23,761 people in the United States had the surname Benavides in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,994 Americans. It ranked 1,508th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benavides?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Benavides identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Benavides?: Kevin Benavides, Argentine rally raid biker.
Where is the surname Benavides most common?: Wikidata records people named Benavides in Argentina.
Is the surname Benavides getting more or less common?: More common. 18,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,761 in 2010, up 28%.