Buenaventura Surname

14,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37,969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Buenaventura Surname User-submission:

The Buenaventura surname is found the most in the Philippines. It means 'good fortune'.

Buenaventura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines28,3951:3,565264
United States1,6951:213,84020,864
Mexico1,6241:76,4323,279
Colombia1,3841:34,5192,076
Ecuador1,2101:13,1452,047
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Dominican Republic7861:13,2731,010
Spain5581:83,7857,165
Argentina4101:104,2528,829
Canada2601:141,71414,582
Australia951:284,16525,304
Venezuela841:359,5727,720
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Panama561:69,8623,012
Peru491:648,65615,868
Uruguay291:118,33611,141
England261:2,143,00282,017
Guam211:7,6251,143
Norway181:285,68329,080
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
France111:6,038,429280,838
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
China31:455,773,85521,925
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Macau11:601,6301,582
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

The alternate forms: Bueñaventura (1) are calculated separately.

Buenaventura (44,061) may also be a first name.

Buenaventura Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Buenaventura surname is found the most in the Philippines. It means 'good fortune'.

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Buenaventura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buenaventura Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Buenaventura (Russian: Буэнавентура) is found most in The Philippines. It can appear as a variant: Bueñaventura. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buenaventura? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,670th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 191,934 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Buenaventura reside; 74 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 20,514th most widespread first name globally, borne by 44,061 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 28,395 people, or 1 in 3,565. In The Philippines Buenaventura is primarily found in: Central Luzon, where 33 percent live, National Capital Region, where 27 percent live and Calabarzon, where 20 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this surname is found in 69 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Mexico, where 4 percent live.

Buenaventura Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buenaventura are 16.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70.06% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Buenaventura earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 14.65% less than the national average, earning 295,381 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.52% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,928 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.52% more than the national average, earning $23,502,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.07% more than the national average, earning $49,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1% less than the national average, earning $49,186 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Buenaventura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buenaventura in the Russian language
Буэнавентураbuenaventura-

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