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    The surname Buitrago

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 2,018 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B362

    Buitrago: #14,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buitrago #14,724, 2,018 people Buitrago: #14,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buitrago #14,724, 2,018 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buitrago is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Buitrago, the name of two towns in Spain.

    Buitrago is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 2,018 people named Buitrago in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,558.

    #14,724
    rank among US surnames
    2,018
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,859)

    Who is named Buitrago

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

    93% of people named Buitrago identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Buitrago come from?
    Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Buitrago, the name of two towns in Spain.
    How common is the surname Buitrago?
    2,018 people in the United States had the surname Buitrago in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. It ranked 14,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buitrago?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Buitrago identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Buitrago?
    Buitrago is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Buitrago getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,018 in 2010, up 30%.