Benavidez Surname

9,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Benavidez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Benavidez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,8981:26,0803,280
Colombia11,8761:4,023640
Argentina11,2711:3,792456
Nicaragua6,5291:922192
Philippines6,3421:15,9631,794
Mexico3,7321:33,2602,050
Ecuador1,7151:9,2751,502
Bolivia1,0491:10,1211,108
El Salvador1,0481:6,053554
Venezuela7111:42,4812,272
Peru5711:55,6644,549
Honduras5021:17,563799
Uruguay4151:8,269926
Cuba3281:35,1301,675
Spain1911:244,77515,782
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Chile531:332,3869,362
Canada481:767,61660,775
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Guam251:6,405908
Belize231:15,4551,591
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
Guatemala121:1,340,2225,550
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
England91:6,190,895170,599
Panama51:782,45211,059
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Macau11:601,6301,582
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

The alternate forms: Benavídez (14) & Beñavidez (1) are calculated separately.

Benavidez (59) may also be a first name.

Benavidez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Benavidez Come From? nationality or country of origin

Benavidez is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Benavídez or Beñavidez. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Benavidez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,340th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 120,199 people. The last name Benavidez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Benavidez live; 46 percent live in South America and 23 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 59 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 13,898 people, or 1 in 26,080. In The United States Benavidez is most common in: Texas, where 42 percent reside, California, where 19 percent reside and New Mexico, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 20 percent reside and Argentina, where 19 percent reside.

Benavidez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Benavidez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Benavidez surname expanded 66,181 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Benavidez Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Benavidez surname are 41.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.51% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Benavidez earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 17.77% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,941 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $24,198,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.84% less than the national average, earning $35,883 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.5% less than the national average, earning $46,454 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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