# Bustos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bustos/  
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) | 17,040 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,129 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,119 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (12,401 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bustos 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) | 6.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bustos in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Bustos

- Fabricio Bustos, Argentine association football player
- Cheri Bustos, American lobbyist, politician, & businessperson (1961-)
- Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (1927–2024)
- Carlos Bustos, Argentinian association football player

## Similar surnames

Bastos, Bostic, Bostick, Bostwick, Bag(h)dasari/yan.

## 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.