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    The surname Benavidez

    A surname, carried by 12,648 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex B513

    Benavidez: #2,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Benavidez #2,849, 12,648 people Benavidez: #2,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benavidez #2,849, 12,648 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benavidez is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,648 people named Benavidez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,411 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,935.

    #2,849
    rank among US surnames
    12,648
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,039)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,841Steinberg12,70924,293
    #2,842Breaux12,70524,301
    #2,843East12,68424,341
    #2,844McArthur12,68324,343
    #2,845Grey12,68024,349
    #2,846Wisniewski12,67524,359
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380

    Who is named Benavidez

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

    90% of people named Benavidez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Benavidezs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Benavidez
      American mixed martial artist, born 1984
    • José Benavidez
      American boxer, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Benavidez

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Benavidez come from?
    From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.
    How common is the surname Benavidez?
    12,648 people in the United States had the surname Benavidez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,411 Americans. It ranked 2,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benavidez?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Benavidez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Benavidez?
    Joseph Benavidez, American mixed martial artist, followed by José Benavidez.
    Where is the surname Benavidez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Benavidez in the United States.
    Is the surname Benavidez getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,648 in 2010, up 16%.
    What are other spellings of Benavidez?
    Benavides.