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    The surname Bueno

    A surname, carried by 16,936 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bueno is more common than 98.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,936 people named Bueno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,230 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,845.

    #2,140
    rank among US surnames
    16,936
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,591)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,131Vandyke17,03018,130
    #2,132Troyer16,98118,182
    #2,133Ham16,98018,183
    #2,134Prescott16,97518,188
    #2,135Shaver16,97218,191
    #2,136Hoffmann16,96618,198
    #2,137Lunsford16,96218,202

    Who is named Bueno

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

    86% of people named Bueno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Buenos

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maria Bueno
      Brazilian tennis player (1939-2018)
    • Vincent Bueno
      Austrian-Filipino singer, born 1985
    • Daniel Bueno
      Brazilian association football player, born 1983
    • Ricardo Bueno
      Brazilian footballer, born 1987
    • Rodrigo Bueno
      Argentine singer (1973-2000)
    • Cacá Bueno
      Brazilian racing driver, born 1976
    • Galvão Bueno
      Brazilian journalist and sports commentator, born 1950

    Notable Buenos come mostly from Brazil (5), the Philippines (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bueno

    Bueno has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bueno?
    16,936 people in the United States had the surname Bueno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,230 Americans. It ranked 2,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bueno?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bueno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bueno?
    Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (1939-2018), followed by Vincent Bueno.
    Where is the surname Bueno most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bueno in Brazil, the Philippines and Argentina.
    Is the surname Bueno getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,936 in 2010, up 32%.