The Benveniste surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 310 people carried this name — #64,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 303 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Benveniste.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 54 people named Benveniste 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Benveniste,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ezra Benveniste 1827–1899 · editing staff
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Émile Benveniste 1902–1976 · university teacher
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Jacques Benveniste 1935–2004 · physician
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Claire Blanche-Benveniste 1935–2010 · university teacher
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Pierre Benveniste 1937– · chemist
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Perla Benveniste 1943– · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benveniste.
- Bensimon 276 · U.S. census
- Benso 120 · U.S. census
- Benson 86,081 · U.S. census
- Bento 2,596 · U.S. census
- Bentz 5,923 · U.S. census
- Bentzinger 259 · U.S. census
- Benvenuti 633 · U.S. census
- Benvenuto 1,142 · U.S. census
- Benz 5,691 · U.S. census
- Benzaquen 194 · U.S. census
- Ber 421 · U.S. census
- Bera 1,034 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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