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

Bueso, 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 Bueso surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bueso in America

Bueso is the 24747th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bueso surname appeared 1,007 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bueso.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bueso 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 Bueso

The surname BUESO is believed to have originated in Spain, specifically in the region of Andalusia. It is derived from the Arabic word "bu'aysu," which means "the son of Aysu." This suggests that the surname has its roots in the Moorish influence that was prevalent in parts of Spain during the 8th to 15th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the BUESO surname can be found in the archives of the city of Seville, where a certain Juan Bueso was mentioned in a document dated 1492. This coincides with the end of the Reconquista, the period when the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, successfully expelled the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula.

In the 16th century, the BUESO surname appears to have spread to other parts of Spain, with records indicating the presence of families with this name in the regions of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha. One notable individual from this era was Pedro Bueso, a renowned poet and playwright who was born in Trujillo, Extremadura, in 1542 and died in Madrid in 1599.

As the Spanish Empire expanded its reach across the globe, the BUESO surname also found its way to the Americas. In the late 17th century, a certain Juana Bueso was listed among the early settlers of the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico. Records from the same period also show the presence of the BUESO family in Mexico and other parts of Central America.

In the 19th century, a prominent figure with the BUESO surname was Juan Bautista Bueso, a Honduran writer, journalist, and diplomat who played a significant role in the country's literary and political spheres. He was born in Tegucigalpa in 1821 and died in the same city in 1899.

Another noteworthy individual with the BUESO surname was Manuel Bueso, a Guatemalan lawyer and politician who served as the President of Guatemala from 1958 to 1963. He was born in Quetzaltenango in 1887 and died in Guatemala City in 1989 at the age of 102.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bueso

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

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 Bueso 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 Bueso 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 Bueso was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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