Benicá

surname · Latin script

Benicá is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 266K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 3.4M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 12M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

797 people

Sources
45 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 266K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Benica in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benicá counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Benicá is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil7971 in 266K797Benica45
US United States≈28 est.≈1 in 12M6Benica8
AR Argentina≈13 est.≈1 in 3.4M—Benica14
IN India≈4 est.≈1 in 360Mlisted—2

797 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Benicá is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Benica

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye, Brazil

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Benica

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Benica

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Benicá under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Benicá have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 797 people named Benicá, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benica.
Where is Benicá most common?
Benicá is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 266 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Benicá?
In Brazil, the national register counted 797 people named Benicá, about 1 in 266 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benicá”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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