The Ballesteros surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,261 people carried this name — #3,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted. That is up 33% from 7,714 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ballesteros surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ballesteros» (Spanish), 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 5,421 people named Ballesteros 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 mapWhere they live today
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 132 people named Ballesteros.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Indre-et-Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Ballesteros live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ballesteros in American newspapers,
1922–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,873 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ballesteros,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Manuel Ballesteros 1794–1869 · physician -
Francisco Ballesteros Villanueva 1852–1923 · politician -
Julio Ballesteros Curiel 1882–1952 · writer -
Pío Ballesteros Álava 1882–1952 · politician -
Hernando de Ballesteros el Mozo 1540–1610 · goldsmith
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José Ballesteros Sevilla 1840–1914 · presbyter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ballesteros.
- Ballay 292 · U.S. census
- Balle 562 · U.S. census
- Baller 671 · U.S. census
- Ballerini 337 · U.S. census
- Ballester 919 · U.S. census
- Ballestero 597 · U.S. census
- Balli 1,563 · U.S. census
- Balliet 1,830 · U.S. census
- Ballin 1,047 · U.S. census
- Ballinger 8,306 · U.S. census
- Ballo 517 · U.S. census
- Ballon 719 · U.S. census
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