# Ventura (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ventura/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,580 |
| US rank (2010) | 877 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,801 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (26,769 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vɛnˈt(j)ʊɹə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from a medieval form of Bonaventura, Buenaventura, meaning "good fortune."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ventura 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) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 74% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ventura in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Ventura

- Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress, and model (born 1986)
- Carlos Eduardo Ventura, Brazilian association football player
- Charlie Ventura, American musician (1916–1992)
- Felipe Ventura dos Santos, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Robin Ventura, baseball player and manager from the United States
- Juelz Ventura, Brazilian pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Venter, Venters, Venturini, Ventresca, Vanmeter, Vanderpool, Vanderbilt, Vandergriff, Vanderlinden, Vanderhoof, Vanderveen, Vanderford.

## 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.