Find out how popular the last name Buenrostro is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Buenrostro.

Buenrostro, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Buenrostro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Buenrostro in America

Buenrostro is the 5060th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Buenrostro surname appeared 6,931 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Buenrostro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Buenrostro to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Buenrostro

The surname BUENROSTRO originates from Spain. It is a combination of the Spanish words "buen" meaning good and "rostro" meaning face. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone with an attractive or pleasant-looking face.

The earliest recorded instances of the BUENROSTRO name date back to the 16th century in various regions of Spain, such as Andalusia, Castile, and Aragon. It is believed to have originated as a descriptive nickname or reference to a person's physical appearance before becoming an inherited surname.

In the late 15th century, a man named Pedro Buenrostro was mentioned in documents from the city of Seville, making him one of the earliest known individuals with this surname. Another early record is Juan Buenrostro, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the BUENROSTRO name spread to various parts of the New World, including Mexico, Guatemala, and other Central and South American countries. Notable individuals with this surname include:

1. Miguel Buenrostro (1619-1683), a Spanish-born Jesuit priest who worked as a missionary in Mexico in the 17th century.
2. Juana Buenrostro (1724-1801), a renowned painter from Mexico City during the colonial era.
3. Ignacio Buenrostro (1782-1864), a Mexican military officer who fought in the Mexican War of Independence against Spain.
4. Mariano Buenrostro (1837-1914), a Mexican writer and journalist who advocated for indigenous rights and education reform.
5. Raúl Buenrostro (1918-2002), a Mexican artist and sculptor known for his abstract and modernist works.

While the BUENROSTRO surname has a long history in Spain and Latin America, it has also been found in other parts of the world due to immigration and migration patterns over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Buenrostro

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Buenrostro.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Buenrostro was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Buenrostro has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Buenrostro was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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