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    The surname Balbuena

    A Spanish surname, carried by 4,621 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B415

    Balbuena: #7,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balbuena #7,223, 4,621 people Balbuena: #7,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balbuena #7,223, 4,621 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balbuena is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Balbuena.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,621 people named Balbuena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,814 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,733.

    #7,223
    rank among US surnames
    4,621
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +69.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,722)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,217Ni4,62466,770
    #7,220Buckles4,62366,785
    #7,221Spector4,62266,799
    #7,223Balbuena4,62166,814
    #7,224Shealy4,62066,828

    Who is named Balbuena

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Balbuena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Balbuenas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Agustín Balbuena
      Argentine footballer (1945-2021)
    • 070 Shake
      American rapper and singer, born 1997

    Notable Balbuenas come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balbuena

    Balbuena has the Soundex code B415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B415.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Balbuena come from?
    From Spanish Balbuena.
    How common is the surname Balbuena?
    4,621 people in the United States had the surname Balbuena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,814 Americans. It ranked 7,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balbuena?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Balbuena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Balbuena?
    Agustín Balbuena, Argentine footballer (1945-2021), followed by 070 Shake.
    Where is the surname Balbuena most common?
    Wikidata records people named Balbuena in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Balbuena getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,621 in 2010, up 69%.