The surname Buenaventura
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,611 people in the United States.
5 syllables Soundex B515
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Buenaventura, a reference to Saint Bonaventure (Santa Buenaventura). Doublet of Bonaventure.
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 1,611 people named Buenaventura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,648 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,052.
Who is named Buenaventura
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
66% of people named Buenaventura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 66%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
- Two or more races 2.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Buenaventura has the Soundex code B515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B515.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Buenaventura come from?
- From Spanish Buenaventura, a reference to Saint Bonaventure (Santa Buenaventura). Doublet of Bonaventure.
- How common is the surname Buenaventura?
- 1,611 people in the United States had the surname Buenaventura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,648 Americans. It ranked 17,495th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Buenaventura?
- In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Buenaventura identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Buenaventura getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,611 in 2010, up 53%.