The Bautista surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 60,264 people carried this name — #558 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,890 people counted. That is up 59% from 37,847 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bautista surname
Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bautista» (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 9,888 people named Bautista 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 290 people named Bautista.
Most of them — 159 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
166 people named Bautista live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 34 people named Bautista live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
56 people named Bautista is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bautista in American newspapers,
1814–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,911 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bautista,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolás Monardes 1508–1588 · physician -
Juan Bautista Comes 1582–1643 · composer -
Margarito Bautista 1878–1961 · evangelist -
Aurora Bautista 1922–2012 · actor -
Conchita Bautista 1936– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 242 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bautista.
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