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The Baena surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 958 people carried this name — #25,725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 896 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 497 people named Baena live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 158
Córdoba 114
City of Buenos Aires 77
Entre Ríos 39
Mendoza 38
Santa Fe 32
Tucumán 16
Corrientes 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Baena.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Guadeloupe 28
Hérault 10
Gard 5
Oise 2
Puy-de-Dôme 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Paris 1
Saône-et-Loire 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Baena live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 8
Geneva 5
Thurgau 5
Neuchâtel 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Baena,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antônio Nicolau Monteiro Baena
    Antônio Nicolau Monteiro Baena 1833–1898 · politician
  • Carlos Baena
    Carlos Baena 1930–2013 · actor
  • Willington Baena Ortiz d. 2003 · fisher
  • António de Baena 1550– · composer
  • António Ladislau Monteiro Baena 1782–1850 · writer
  • Nuno Baena 1865–1922 · surgeon

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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