Find out how popular the last name Pebenito is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pebenito.

Pebenito, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pebenito surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pebenito in America

Pebenito is the 71265th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pebenito surname appeared 274 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pebenito.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pebenito to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pebenito

The surname PEBENITO is a very rare and enigmatic name with obscure origins. It is believed to have originated in the remote mountain regions of northern Spain during the medieval period, possibly stemming from an archaic Iberian root word meaning "small path" or "footpath".

One of the earliest documented references to this name can be found in a 13th century cartulary from the Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, where a certain Petro Pebenito is listed among the landholders of a hamlet called Valtramuz. This suggests that PEBENITO may have initially been a descriptive surname denoting someone who lived near a winding footpath or mountain trail.

In the 15th century, records from the town of Manzanares el Real in the province of Madrid mention a Juan Pebenito, a farmer and vigneron. The surname is spelled slightly differently here as "Pebenyto", potentially indicating regional variations in pronunciation and orthography.

During the 16th century, a figure of some renown bearing this name was Alonso Pebenito (c.1520-1588), a master stonemason from Aragon who was involved in the construction of several notable churches and monasteries in the region, including the Monasterio de Piedra.

Another notable bearer of this surname was Maria Pebenito (1672-1741), a celebrated lace maker and embroiderer from the city of Camprodon in Catalonia, whose exquisite handiwork adorned the vestments of clergymen and nobility throughout Spain and southern France.

In the 19th century, a certain Lucio Pebenito (1826-1892) achieved some fame as a prolific writer and poet in the Asturian language, publishing numerous works celebrating the folklore and traditions of his native region.

Despite its rarity, the surname PEBENITO has persisted through the centuries, maintaining a discreet presence primarily in the northern Spanish provinces of Aragon, Navarre, and Catalonia, where it likely originated from a very specific and localized toponymic or occupational root.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pebenito

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pebenito.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pebenito was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pebenito has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pebenito was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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