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    The surname Ballesteros

    A Spanish surname, carried by 10,261 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex B423

    Ballesteros: #3,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ballesteros #3,481, 10,261 people Ballesteros: #3,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ballesteros #3,481, 10,261 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ballesteros is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Ballesteros.

    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 10,261 people named Ballesteros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,089 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,714.

    #3,481
    rank among US surnames
    10,261
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33%
    change since 2000 (was #4,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,472Barksdale10,29429,993
    #3,473Tisdale10,29329,996
    #3,474Meador10,29229,999
    #3,475Sikes10,28030,034
    #3,476Hanlon10,27830,039
    #3,477Easton10,27630,045
    #3,479Rojo10,27530,048

    Who is named Ballesteros

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

    79% of people named Ballesteros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ballesteross

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Humberto Ballesteros
      Argentine footballer (1944–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ballesteros

    Ballesteros has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ballesteros come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Ballesteros.
    How common is the surname Ballesteros?
    10,261 people in the United States had the surname Ballesteros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,089 Americans. It ranked 3,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ballesteros?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Ballesteros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Ballesteros?
    Humberto Ballesteros, Argentine footballer (1944–2024).
    Where is the surname Ballesteros most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ballesteros in Peru.
    Is the surname Ballesteros getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,261 in 2010, up 33%.