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    The surname Benevides

    A surname, carried by 1,485 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex B513

    Benevides: #18,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benevides #18,572, 1,485 people Benevides: #18,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benevides #18,572, 1,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benevides is more common than 88.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,485 people named Benevides in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,909 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,298.

    #18,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,485
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,313)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,572Gelb1,485207,909
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050

    Who is named Benevides

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

    72% of people named Benevides identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
    • Two or more races 4.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benevides

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Benevides?
    1,485 people in the United States had the surname Benevides in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,909 Americans. It ranked 18,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benevides?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Benevides identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Benevides getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,485 in 2010, up 14%.