The Benincasa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 807 people carried this name — #29,309 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 757 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 491 people named Benincasa 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 92 people named Benincasa.
Most of them — 56 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Benincasa live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Who carried it
People named Benincasa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Orsola Benincasa 1547–1618 · nun -
Rutilio Benincasa 1555–1626 · astronomer -
Rutilio Benincasa 1555–1622 · astronomer
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Angelicus (Bartholomaeus) Benincasa 1728–1815 · Catholic priest -
Grazioso Benincasa 1400–1482 · cartographer
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Francesco Cinzio Benincasa 1450–1507 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benincasa.
- Benhamou 163 · U.S. census
- Beni 280 · U.S. census
- Benic 104 · U.S. census
- Benigni 352 · U.S. census
- Benigno 1,220 · U.S. census
- Benin 173 · U.S. census
- Benini 127 · U.S. census
- Benintendi 143 · U.S. census
- Benion 370 · U.S. census
- Benis 199 · U.S. census
- Benit 146 · U.S. census
- Benitez 51,288 · U.S. census
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