The Buendia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,635 people carried this name — #11,882 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 48% from 1,779 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Buendia surname
From Spanish Buendía, from buen día (“good day”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Buendia» (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 561 people named Buendia 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 94 people named Buendia.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Rhône.
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
23 people named Buendia live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
Buendia in American newspapers,
1879–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 178 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buendia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adriana Buendia 2002– · swimmer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buendia.
- Buczkowski 928 · U.S. census
- Buda 1,809 · U.S. census
- Budin 323 · U.S. census
- Budzinski 1,519 · U.S. census
- Bue 777 · U.S. census
- Buecher 108 · U.S. census
- Bueno 16,936 · U.S. census
- Buffa 1,489 · U.S. census
- Buffin 587 · U.S. census
- Buffo 551 · U.S. census
- Bugaj 447 · U.S. census
- Bugeja 144 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Buendia is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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