The Benavidez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,648 people carried this name — #2,849 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 10,935 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Benavidez surname

From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Benavidez» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 12,728 people named Benavidez 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 5,082
Córdoba 2,425
Santa Fe 1,303
City of Buenos Aires 475
Santiago del Estero 383
Mendoza 378
Entre Ríos 354
Salta 298

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

In print

Benavidez in American newspapers,
1877–1926.

Newspaper page from Las Dos Repúblicas carrying the name Benavidez
Las Dos Repúblicas 1877-09-30
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Benavidez
El Tucsonense 1926-04-10
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Benavidez
Evening Star 1906-09-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 489 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Benavidez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Roy Benavidez
    Roy Benavidez 1935–1998 · soldier
  • Roy Benavidez
    Roy Benavidez 1935–1998 · soldier
  • María Teresa Benavídez Díaz 1909–2004 · religious person
  • Tom Benavidez 1939–2016 · politician
  • Cecilia Eguía Benavides 1954–1977 · university student

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Benavidez,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States344 records

344 records of the Benavidez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 146
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 118
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward Benavidez

    Born 1917; from White Pine County, Nevada. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Casimiro A. Benavidez

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio; driver from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Desoto, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Juan Benavidez

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1965; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 344 records for Benavidez in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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