The Bento surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,596 people carried this name — #12,025 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 113,600 people counted. That is up 55% from 1,673 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,166 people named Bento 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
391 people named Bento live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 152 people named Bento.
Most of them — 89 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.
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
Bento in American newspapers,
1889–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,627 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bento,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antônio Bento 1843–1898 · judge -
José Bento 1882–1969 · military personnel -
Manuel Bento 1948–2007 · association football player -
Berenice Bento 1966– · writer -
Paulo Bento 1969– · association football coach -
Dom Bento 1700–1602 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 77 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bento.
- Benoliel 126 · U.S. census
- Bens 335 · U.S. census
- Bense 311 · U.S. census
- Bensimon 276 · U.S. census
- Benso 120 · U.S. census
- Benson 86,081 · U.S. census
- Bentz 5,923 · U.S. census
- Bentzinger 259 · U.S. census
- Benveniste 310 · U.S. census
- Benvenuti 633 · U.S. census
- Benvenuto 1,142 · U.S. census
- Benz 5,691 · U.S. census
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