The Puente surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,966 people carried this name — #2,420 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,700 people counted. That is up 30% from 11,533 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Puente surname
Spanish surname, from puente (“bridge”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Puente» (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 3,780 people named Puente 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 121 people named Puente.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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
53 people named Puente live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
Puente in American newspapers,
1892–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51,865 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Puente,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Puente y Brañas 1824–1857 · writer -
Ricardo Puente y Brañas 1835–1880 · journalist -
José Puente Castro 1883–1963 · physician -
Eduardo Puente Carracedo 1887–1937 · baker -
Manuel de la Puente y Olea d. 1910 · author
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Juan de la Puente Guevara 1634–1681 · statesperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Puente.
- Puccio 2,487 · U.S. census
- Pucel 259 · U.S. census
- Puch 291 · U.S. census
- Puche 107 · U.S. census
- Pucheu 128 · U.S. census
- Pue 291 · U.S. census
- Puerta 1,356 · U.S. census
- Puertas 593 · U.S. census
- Puerto 1,673 · U.S. census
- Puga 7,056 · U.S. census
- Puglia 1,122 · U.S. census
- Pugliese 5,126 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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