The Benavides surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,761 people carried this name — #1,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 28% from 18,617 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,672 people named Benavides 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 mapWhere they live today
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 104 people named Benavides.
Most of them — 72 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
91 people named Benavides live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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
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.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Benavides is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Benavides in American newspapers,
1873–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,910 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benavides,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego de Benavides 1607–1666 · writer -
Vicente Benavides 1777–1822 · military personnel -
Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete 1807–1884 · writer -
Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete 1810–1895 · Catholic priest -
Santos Benavides 1823–1891 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 130 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benavides.
- Benac 279 · U.S. census
- Benard 2,407 · U.S. census
- Benas 155 · U.S. census
- Benassi 428 · U.S. census
- Benatar 212 · U.S. census
- Benavente 1,901 · 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
- Bendele 871 · U.S. census
- Bender 39,551 · U.S. census
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