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    The surname Benites

    A surname, carried by 3,181 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B532

    Benites: #10,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benites #10,136, 3,181 people Benites: #10,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benites #10,136, 3,181 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benites is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,181 people named Benites in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,958.

    #10,136
    rank among US surnames
    3,181
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #10,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,132Parmenter3,18297,029
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120

    Who is named Benites

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

    91% of people named Benites identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benites

    Benites has the Soundex code B532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Benites?
    3,181 people in the United States had the surname Benites in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. It ranked 10,136th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benites?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Benites identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Benites getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,181 in 2010, up 7.5%.