Benavidez

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Benavidez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Guinea-Bissau it is the 67th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.

rarermore common
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 2.9K
  • ARArgentina1 in 3.6K

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.

Argentina (measured from records)

12,728 people

Sources
273 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Nicaragua, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Benavidez: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Benavidez
  1. SpanishBenavidez(measured from records)
  2. Buenafe+(measured from records)

From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.

Sources 1

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benavidez 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 Benavidez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#44112,7281 in 3.6K13KBenavidez70
US United States—12,6481 in 26K13KBenavidez273
PH Philippines—≈7,600 est.≈1 in 14K—Benavidez56
NI Nicaragua#122≈5,900 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Benavidez16
CO Colombia#864≈4,400 est.≈1 in 11K1Benavidez66
GW Guinea-Bissau#67≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Benavidez2
UY Uruguay#5371,1721 in 2.9K1.2KBenavidez24
SV El Salvador#429≈1,100 est.≈1 in 6.1K—Benavidez16

12,728 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Benavidez is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Benavídez, Bênävidëz

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Benavídez

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, Canada

    Also written Benavídez

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Benavídez

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Roy Benavidez, b. 1935Carlos Benavidez, b. 1965Joseph Benavidez, b. 1984Jose Benavidez, b. 1992Alayah Benavidez, b. 1995Carlos Benavídez, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Benavidez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—13K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201013K#2,849
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202012K#2,838
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200011K#3,039
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—1.2K—
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—1#115
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Benavidez mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Benavidez have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Benavidez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benavidez.
How common is the name Benavidez?
In Argentina, the national register counted 12,728 people named Benavidez, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
How common is Benavidez compared with other names?
In Argentina, Benavidez is the 441st most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Benavidez” — the 441st most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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