Bueno surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bueno surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,936 people carried this name — #2,140 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,400 people counted. That is up 32% from 12,845 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 6,736 people named Bueno 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 2,446
Misiones 1,064
City of Buenos Aires 658
Mendoza 396
Córdoba 380
Santa Fe 286
San Juan 250
Corrientes 170

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 419 people named Bueno.

Most of them — 235 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 235
Paris 32
Hérault 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Hauts-de-Seine 14
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Gironde 7
Isère 7
Aude 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

193 people named Bueno live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 48
Zurich 40
Vaud 30
Bern 11
Fribourg 11
Neuchâtel 10
Aargau 9
Graubünden 6

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 the Nordic population registers

21 people named Bueno is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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

Bueno in American newspapers,
1884–1913.

Newspaper page from The Lumberjack carrying the name Bueno
The Lumberjack 1913-05-22
Newspaper page from The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District carrying the name Bueno
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District 1884-09-20
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Bueno
New-york Tribune 1903-05-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,913 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bueno,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amador Bueno
    Amador Bueno 1584–1649 · politician
  • Efraim Hisquiahu Bueno
    Efraim Hisquiahu Bueno 1599–1665 · writer
  • José Bueno Quejo d. 1941 · military personnel
  • Juan José Bueno d. 1813 · composer
  • Luís Eulálio de Bueno Vidigal d. 1993 · businessperson
  • Bartolomeu Bueno 1585–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bueno.

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