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The Ballestero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 597 people carried this name — #37,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 25% from 477 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ballestero surname

Borrowed from Spanish Ballestero. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ballestero» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,694 people named Ballestero live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 854
Santa Fe 222
City of Buenos Aires 148
Córdoba 69
Formosa 66
Misiones 54
Entre Ríos 50
San Luis 49

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Ballestero.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Hérault 10
Eure-et-Loir 4
Aude 3
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Paris 3
Pyrénées-Orientales 3
Nord 3
Saône-et-Loire 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Ballestero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan Gualberto Ballestero
    Juan Gualberto Ballestero 1801–
  • Mariano Ballestero Dolz
    Mariano Ballestero Dolz 1819– · politician
  • Alejandro Ballestero 1969– · politician
  • Connie Ballestero 1994– · basketball player
  • Ana Torin 2003– · athletics competitor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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