# Cuesta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cuesta/  
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) | 2,520 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,339 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,518 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (2,014 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Cuesta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cuesta 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) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 82% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cuesta in Argentina, Colombia and the United States.

## People named Cuesta

- Carlos Cuesta, association football player
- Víctor Leandro Cuesta, Argentinian association football player
- Michael Cuesta, American film director (born 1963)
- Bernardo Cuesta, Argentine Footballer

## Similar surnames

Costa, Cassidy, Casto, Cassady, Cozad, Casado, Caicedo, Cassity, Choquette, Cost, Cossette, Cast.

## 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.