Benegas
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Benegas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 5.5K
- ESSpain1 in 60K
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)
- Sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
8,332 people
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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)
Benegas 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #606 | 8,332 | 1 in 5.5K | 8.3K | Benegas | 77 |
| PY Paraguay | #194 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Benegas | 36 |
| ES Spain | — | 838 | 1 in 60K | 838 | Benegas | 68 |
| US United States | — | 440 | 1 in 756K | 493 | Benegas | 144 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Benegas | 31 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Benegas | 19 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 86 | 1 in 39K | 86 | — | 9 |
8,332 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Albino Jarab. 1877PYnot in their usual namePresident of Paraguay (1877-1912)
- Casilda Benegasb. 1907ARParaguayan-born Argentinian supercentenarian (1907-2022)
- Alberto Benegasb. 1938ARArgentinian actor (1938–2022)
- Alberto Benegas Lynchb. 1940ARArgentinian economist
- Noni Benegasb. 1947ARArgentinian writer
- José María Benegasb. 1948ESSpanish politician (1948-2015)
- Doris Benegasb. 1951ESSpanish politician (1951-2016)
- Mar Benegasb. 1975ESSpanish poet and writer
- Pablo Benegasb. 1976ESSpanish composer
- Perris Benegasb. 1995USAmerican cyclist
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 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 8.3K | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 838 | #5,179 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 838 | #5,175 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 493 | #46,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 471 | #43,232 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 440 | #48,060 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 86 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Benegas have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 8.3 thousand people named Benegas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benegas.
- How common is the name Benegas?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 8,332 people named Benegas, about 1 in 5.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Benegas compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Benegas is the 606th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/benegasThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Benegas” — the 606th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.