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

Buezo, 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 Buezo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Buezo in America

Buezo is the 61899th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Buezo surname appeared 324 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 Buezo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Buezo 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 Buezo

The surname Buezo is believed to have originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Spanish word "buzo," which means "diver" or "deep-sea diver." This suggests that the name was likely given to someone who worked as a diver, perhaps in the fishing or pearl-diving industries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Buezo can be found in the archives of the city of Seville, where a man named Juan Buezo is mentioned in a document dated 1492. This was the same year that Christopher Columbus set sail on his famous voyage to the Americas, so it is possible that Juan Buezo was a diver involved in the maritime industry during that time.

In the 16th century, there are records of a family by the name of Buezo living in the town of Moguer, located in the province of Huelva in southwestern Spain. This region was known for its thriving fishing industry, which lends further credence to the theory that the name Buezo was associated with those who worked as divers or in related occupations.

One notable individual with the surname Buezo was Francisco Buezo, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in the early 1500s. Buezo played a significant role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire and is mentioned in several historical accounts of the time.

Another prominent figure bearing the name Buezo was Pedro Buezo, a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish Armada during the Anglo-Spanish War in the late 16th century. He is recorded as having participated in the famous naval battle against the English fleet in 1588.

In the 17th century, a family named Buezo settled in the town of Cadiz, located in southern Spain. One member of this family, Diego Buezo, was a successful merchant who traded goods between Spain and its colonies in the Americas.

As the centuries passed, the Buezo surname spread to other parts of Spain and eventually to other Spanish-speaking countries, particularly in Latin America. Notable individuals with the name Buezo include Jorge Buezo, a Chilean novelist and poet born in 1928, and Rafael Buezo, a Mexican artist and sculptor who lived from 1922 to 1998.

While the exact origins of the surname Buezo may never be known with certainty, its connection to the diving and maritime industries in Spain's coastal regions during the Middle Ages and beyond is a plausible and widely accepted theory.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Buezo

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

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

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