The Puentes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,528 people carried this name — #4,711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted. That is up 30% from 5,778 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,647 people named Puentes 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 33 people named Puentes.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nièvre.
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
24 people named Puentes live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
Puentes in American newspapers,
1921–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51,865 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Puentes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Álvaro Puentes Antón d. 1940 · politician
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Manuel Alfredo Puentes Oria d. 1986 · factory worker
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Ernesto Puentes 1928–2017 · music arranger
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María Luisa Puentes Caixal 1936–2013 · basketball player
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Gilberto Puentes 1938–1997 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Puentes,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States137 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 101
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 21
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 10
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Miguel Angel PuentesBorn 1946; from San Jose, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Wilfred PuentesBorn 1918 in Cuba. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; waiter from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Periong PuentesU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1963; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 137 records for Puentes in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France14 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Desideria PuentesBorn 1925 in Nouzilly (Indre-et-Loire); died 1997 in Orléans (Loiret).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Fermin PuentesBorn 1931 in Spain; died 1998 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francoise Antoinette PuentesBorn 1963 in Nîmes; died 1992 in Sernhac (Gard).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 14 records for Puentes in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Puentes.
- Puch 291 · U.S. census
- Puche 107 · U.S. census
- Pucheu 128 · U.S. census
- Puckett 27,627 · U.S. census
- Pue 291 · U.S. census
- Puente 14,966 · 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
- Pugh 39,559 · U.S. census
- Puglia 1,122 · U.S. census
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