The Benito surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,430 people carried this name — #12,703 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 53% from 1,588 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,858 people named Benito 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 404 people named Benito.
181 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
86 people named Benito live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Benito in American newspapers,
1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Benito,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cosme Damian José de Benito 1829–1888 · composer -
Lorenzo de Benito y Endara 1855–1932 · writer -
Emilia Benito 1890–1960 · singer -
Rosalío Benito d. 1982
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Angel Benito 1660– · Catholic priest
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Isidro Bonifacio Benito Lapeña 1842–1933 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benito.
- 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
- 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
- Bennes 124 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Benito is.
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