Colmenares is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dayana Colmenares (born 1984), Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder Grecia Colmenares (born 1962), Venezuelan-Argentine actress José Pérez Colmenares (1914–1944), Venezuelan baseball player Luis Andres Colmenares (1990–2010), Colombian student Matias Colmenares (1887–1953), Spanish footballer Neri Colmenares (born 1959), Filipino human rights lawyer and activist Néstor Colmenares (born 1987), Venezuelan basketball player Octavio Colmenares (born 1989), Mexican footballer Pedro Vázquez Colmenares (1934–2012), Mexican politician Ricardo Letts Colmenares (1937–2021), Peruvian politician Rodrigo de Colmenares (floruit 1510s), Spanish conquistador Samuel Colmenares, Venezuelan Paralympic athlete
See also Colmenarez, another surname