The Benvenuti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 633 people carried this name — #35,537 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (630).
What the name means
The meaning of the Benvenuti surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Benvenuto.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Benvenuti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 343 people named Benvenuti.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 284 people named Benvenuti 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
87 people named Benvenuti live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Benvenuti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cesare Benvenuti 1669–1746 · theologian -
Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti 1765–1838 · Catholic priest -
Pietro Benvenuti 1769–1844 · painter -
Giovanni Benvenuti d. 1715 · violinist
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Ortolano 1486–1527 · painter
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Carlo Benvenuti 1716–1789 · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benvenuti.
- 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
- Benveniste 310 · 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
- Berard 3,582 · U.S. census
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