How common is the surname Benevento?

1,034 people in the United States had the surname Benevento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Benevento?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benevento identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Benevento getting more or less common?

More common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Benevento

A surname, carried by 1,034 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B515

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benevento is more common than 85% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,034 people named Benevento in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,015.

#24,260

rank among US surnames

1,034

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #23,372)

Who is named Benevento

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

94% of people named Benevento identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benevento

Benevento has the Soundex code B515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B515.

Questions

How common is the surname Benevento?: 1,034 people in the United States had the surname Benevento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benevento?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benevento identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Benevento getting more or less common?: More common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 1.9%.