Benito
loc · Latin script
Meaning: From Latin Benedictus, “blessed”
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/benito/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benito is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
- PEPeru≈1 in 4.8K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 8.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Benito itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
33,000 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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(measured from records)
From Latin Benedictus, “blessed”. Spanish diminutive/form.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benito 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 | 33,000 | 1 in 1.5K | 33K | Benito | 193 |
| PE Peru | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Benito | 70 |
| AR Argentina | 3,858 | 1 in 12K | 3.9K | Benito | 80 |
| US United States | 2,596as Bento | 1 in 128K | 19K | Benito | 340 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Benito | 24 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | — | Benito | 37 |
| GY Guyana | 139as Bento | 1 in 5.4K | 139 | — | 2 |
33,000 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Benito is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict or Bennett
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Castela
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In German, männl. Vom., spanische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Spanish form of BENEDICT . In the 2Oth century it has also been used in Italy, most notably by the dictator Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), who was named after the Mexican revolutionary leader Benito Pablo Juarez (1806–72).
as a word
In English, A male given name from Spanish and Italian, equivalent to English Benedict.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benito Juárezb. 1806MXPresident of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
- Benito Pérez Galdósb. 1843ESSpanish realist novelist (1843–1920)
- Benito Mussolinib. 1883ITdictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
- Benito Lorenzib. 1925ITItalian footballer (1925–2007)
- Benito Stefanellib. 1928ITItalian actor (1928–1999)
- Goyo Benitob. 1946ESSpanish footballer (1946-2020)
- Ignazio La Russab. 1947ITnot in their usual nameItalian politician (born 1947)
- Benito Martinezb. 1971USAmerican actor
- Loris Benitob. 1992CHSwiss association football player
- Romano Floriani Mussolinib. 2003ITnot in their usual nameItalian association football player
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 92 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 33K | #150 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 33K | #150 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 3.9K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,703 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,558 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.6K | #16,625 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Benito come from?
- From Latin Benedictus, “blessed”. Spanish diminutive/form. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- What does the name Benito mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Latin Benedictus, “blessed”.
- How do you pronounce Benito?
- A machine transcription gives /benito/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Benito have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 33 thousand people named Benito, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benito.
- Where is Benito most common?
- Benito is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Benito?
- In Spain, the national register counted 33,000 people named Benito, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/benitoThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Benito”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.