The Benatar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 18% from 179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Benatar.
Most of them — 57 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Benatar 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Benatar in American newspapers,
1911–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 819 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benatar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pat Benatar 1953– · actor -
Rubens Benatar 1910– · botanist
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Ralph Benatar 1941– · record producer
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Nadia Benatar 1949– · artist
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Daniel Benatar 1965– · manager
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David Benatar 1966– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benatar.
- Ben 3,386 · U.S. census
- Bena 568 · U.S. census
- Benac 279 · U.S. census
- Benard 2,407 · U.S. census
- Benas 155 · U.S. census
- Benassi 428 · U.S. census
- Benavente 1,901 · U.S. census
- Benavides 23,761 · U.S. census
- Bence 1,449 · U.S. census
- Benchimol 100 · U.S. census
- Bendavid 616 · U.S. census
- Bendel 1,573 · U.S. census
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