The surname Bustamante
A Spanish place surname, carried by 24,536 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex B235
Origin
Spanish origin
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Bustamante. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
Bustamante 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 24,536 people named Bustamante in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,583 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,363.
Who is named Bustamante
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Bustamante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
- Two or more races 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Bustamantes
6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Anastasio Bustamante4th President of Mexico (1780-1853)
- José BustamanteBolivian footballer (born 1907)
- José BustamanteBolivian footballer (born 1921)
- Murilo BustamanteBrazilian mixed martial artist, born 1966
- Albert BustamanteAmerican politician (1935–2021)
- Luis BustamanteArgentine footballer, born 1985
Notable Bustamantes come mostly from Bolivia (2), New Spain (1) and Brazil (1).
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bustamante come from?
- Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Bustamante. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
- How common is the surname Bustamante?
- 24,536 people in the United States had the surname Bustamante in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,583 Americans. It ranked 1,454th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bustamante?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bustamante identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Bustamante?
- Anastasio Bustamante, 4th President of Mexico (1780-1853), followed by José Bustamante.
- Where is the surname Bustamante most common?
- Wikidata records people named Bustamante in Bolivia, New Spain and Brazil and 2 other countries.
- What type of surname is Bustamante?
- Bustamante is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Bustamante getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,536 in 2010, up 34%.