The Ventura surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 39,580 people carried this name — #877 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,450 people counted. That is up 48% from 26,769 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ventura surname
From Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from a medieval form of Bonaventura, Buenaventura, meaning "good fortune."
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ventura» (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 7,762 people named Ventura 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 979 people named Ventura.
397 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
782 people named Ventura live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 197 people named Ventura live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Ventura 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
Ventura in American newspapers,
1875–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 121,640 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ventura,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugenio Ventura 1846–1912 · lawyer -
Honorio Ventura 1887–1940 · politician -
Salvador Ventura 1901– · researcher -
Felisa Ventura 1902–1959 · midwife -
Juan Matallana Ventura 1911–2000 · food scientist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 229 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ventura.
- Venne 1,074 · U.S. census
- Venner 517 · U.S. census
- Vens 129 · U.S. census
- Vente 118 · U.S. census
- Vento 2,555 · U.S. census
- Ventre 828 · U.S. census
- Venture 124 · U.S. census
- Venturelli 270 · U.S. census
- Venturi 436 · U.S. census
- Venturini 1,053 · U.S. census
- Venturino 511 · U.S. census
- Venus 731 · U.S. census
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