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    The surname Benitez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 51,288 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B532

    Benitez: #666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Benitez #666, 51,288 people Benitez: #666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Benitez #666, 51,288 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benitez is more common than 99.6% 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 51,288 people named Benitez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,020 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,441.

    #666
    rank among US surnames
    51,288
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.4%
    change since 2000 (was #957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #657Phelps52,0445,932
    #658Yu52,0355,933
    #659Dickerson51,8895,950
    #660Heath51,8775,951
    #661Foley51,8655,953
    #662Atkins51,6715,975
    #663Mathews51,5925,984

    Who is named Benitez

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

    94% of people named Benitez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Benitezs

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Walter Benítez
      Argentine association football player (born 1993)
    • Lorena Benítez
      Argentine association football and futsal player, born 1998
    • Leandro Benítez
      Argentine footballer, born 1981
    • Mercedes Martinez
      American professional wrestler, born 1980

    Notable Benitezs come mostly from Argentina (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Benitez

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Benitez come from?
    Benitez is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Benitez?
    51,288 people in the United States had the surname Benitez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,020 Americans. It ranked 666th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Benitez?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Benitez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Benitez?
    Walter Benítez, Argentine association football player (born 1993), followed by Lorena Benítez.
    Where is the surname Benitez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Benitez in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Benitez getting more or less common?
    More common. 33,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 51,288 in 2010, up 53%.