Bengoechea
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bɛngoɛʧɛa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bengoechea is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Basque Bengoetxea.
- ESSpain1 in 32K(measured from records)
- ARArgentina1 in 133K
- UYUruguay1 in 17K
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.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Sources
- 99 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
1,578 people
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Basque Bengoetxea.
Sources 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- Wiktionary
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bengoechea 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 1,578 | 1 in 32K | 1.6K | Bengoechea | 99 |
| AR Argentina | 343 | 1 in 133K | 343 | Bengoechea | 40 |
| UY Uruguay | 197 | 1 in 17K | 197 | Bengoechea | 12 |
| US United States | 114 | 1 in 2.9M | 114 | Bengoechea | 60 |
| FR France | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 924K | 6 | Bengoechea | 64 |
| PY Paraguay | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Bengoechea | 7 |
| CL Chile | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 780K | — | Bengoechea | 23 |
1,578 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)
- Ambrosio de Bengoecheab. 1551ESSpanish sculptor, ca. 1552-after 1625
- Manuel Bueno Bengoecheab. 1874ESSpanish writer (1874-1936)
- Emilio Garcíab. 1938ESnot in their usual nameSpanish rower
- Mercedes Bengoecheab. 1952ESSpanish sociolinguist
- Eduardo Bengoecheab. 1959ARArgentine tennis player
- Pablo Bengoecheab. 1965UYUruguayan footballer
- Fernando Bengoecheab. 1965ARArgentine photographer who went missing in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami
- Aitor Ariñob. 1992ESnot in their usual nameSpanish handball player
- Fausto Bengoecheab. 1994ARArgentinian actor
- Idoia BengoecheaEStranslator
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.6K | #2,961 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.6K | #2,961 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 343 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 197 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 114 | #145,220 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 107 | #142,819 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 101 | #155,270 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 6 | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 Bengoechea mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Basque Bengoetxea. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Bengoechea?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛngoɛʧɛa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Bengoechea have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Bengoechea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bengoechea.
- Where is Bengoechea most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bengoechea is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Bengoechea?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,578 people named Bengoechea, about 1 in 32 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, “Bengoechea”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.