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The Beni surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 280 people carried this name — #69,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 273 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 239 people named Beni 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 75
Buenos Aires Province 66
Misiones 40
Santa Fe 32
City of Buenos Aires 26

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 90 people named Beni.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Allier.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Allier 17
Nord 10
Gironde 7
Vendée 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Hautes-Pyrénées 4
Loire 4
Haute-Savoie 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Beni live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 15
Basel-Landschaft 6
Vaud 6
Graubünden 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 Beni,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Iacopo Beni
    Iacopo Beni 1501–1600 · legal counselor
  • Paolo Beni
    Paolo Beni 1552–1625 · university teacher
  • Jules Beni d. 1861
  • Giacomo Beni 1677–1764 · Catholic bishop
  • Giuseppe Vincenzo Beni 1729–1806 · Catholic bishop
  • Carlo Beni 1849–1932 · naturalist

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

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