The Bustos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,040 people carried this name — #2,129 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,300 people counted. That is up 37% from 12,401 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 74,790 people named Bustos 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 91 people named Bustos.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
82 people named Bustos live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
60 people named Bustos 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
Bustos in American newspapers,
1919–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,379 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bustos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Martínez 1827–1881 · military personnel -
Rafael de Bustos y Ruiz de Arana 1885–1943 · politician -
Benjamin Heriberto Bustos Morales d. 1973 · bricklayer
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Nelson Mario Bustos Farias d. 1973 · detective
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Mario Francisco Bustos Bustos d. 1974 · laborer
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Juan Ramon Bustos Marchant d. 1974
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bustos.
- Busson 181 · U.S. census
- Bussone 261 · U.S. census
- Bussy 140 · U.S. census
- Bustamante 24,536 · U.S. census
- Bustin 509 · U.S. census
- Buston 115 · U.S. census
- Busuttil 196 · U.S. census
- But 261 · U.S. census
- Butaud 146 · U.S. census
- Buteau 1,139 · U.S. census
- Butel 138 · U.S. census
- Butera 2,965 · U.S. census
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