# Buendia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buendia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,635 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,882 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,171 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (1,779 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Buendía, from buen día (“good day”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buendia in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 13% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buendia in Argentina.

## People named Buendia

- Emiliano Buendía, Argentine association football player

## Similar surnames

Bundy, Benda, Bunde, Bennett, Bond, Benoit, Banda, Bandy, Banta, Bent, Bonnett, Bennet.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.