The Benitez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 51,288 people carried this name — #666 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,750 people counted. That is up 53% from 33,441 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 236,845 people named Benitez 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
306 people named Benitez live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Benitez.
Most of them — 120 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Hérault.
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 print
Benitez in American newspapers,
1913–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,023 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benitez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gumersindo Benítez 1835–1868 · chancellor -
Conrado Benitez 1889–1971 · politician -
Helena Benitez 1914–2016 · politician -
Roger Benitez 1950– · judge -
Wilfred Benítez 1958– · boxer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benitez.
- Benincasa 807 · 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
- Benito 2,430 · U.S. census
- Benjamin 40,590 · U.S. census
- Benko 1,243 · U.S. census
- Bennani 212 · U.S. census
- Benne 660 · U.S. census
- Benner 11,612 · U.S. census
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