Puentes Surname
Approximately 77,793 people bear this surname
Puentes Surname User-submission:
Puentes is Spanish for 'bridges'.
Puentes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 32,063 | 1:1,490 | 298 |
| Mexico | 14,966 | 1:8,294 | 917 |
| United States | 6,554 | 1:55,303 | 6,596 |
| Cuba | 5,857 | 1:1,967 | 298 |
| Venezuela | 5,462 | 1:5,530 | 677 |
| Chile | 4,198 | 1:4,196 | 581 |
| Spain | 3,139 | 1:14,894 | 1,690 |
| Argentina | 2,282 | 1:18,731 | 1,597 |
| Ecuador | 764 | 1:20,819 | 2,905 |
| Uruguay | 473 | 1:7,255 | 803 |
| El Salvador | 463 | 1:13,702 | 783 |
| Honduras | 415 | 1:21,244 | 857 |
| Peru | 283 | 1:112,311 | 6,789 |
| Dominican Republic | 239 | 1:43,652 | 2,309 |
| Brazil | 202 | 1:1,059,774 | 37,226 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Costa Rica | 35 | 1:136,573 | 2,034 |
| Paraguay | 34 | 1:212,845 | 3,891 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| Panama | 22 | 1:177,830 | 5,396 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 1:355,014 | 2,904 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Pueñtes (1) are calculated separately.
Puentes (57) may also be a first name.
Puentes Surname Meaning
Puentes Demographics
Average Male Puentes Height
172.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Puentes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puentes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puentes is most common in Colombia. It may also appear as a variant: Pueñtes. For other potential spellings of Puentes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puentes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,296th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,679 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Puentes live; 59 percent live in South America and 48 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 57 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is borne by 32,063 people, or 1 in 1,490. In Colombia Puentes is mostly concentrated in: Capital District, where 35 percent are found, Huila Department, where 11 percent are found and Cundinamarca Department, where 10 percent are found. Barring Colombia this last name is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Puentes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Puentes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Puentes surname rose 93,629 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puentes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Puentes surname are 41.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.62% registered with the political party.
The amount Puentes earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 33.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,790 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.62% more than the national average, earning $25,113,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning $36,038 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.48% less than the national average, earning $45,968 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueñtes | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ppuentes | 93 | 1 | / |
| Puesntes | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mpuentes | 93 | 1 | / |
| Puenties | 93 | 1 | / |
| Puente | 92 | 105,230 | / |
| Pentes | 92 | 165 | / |
| Puentez | 86 | 125 | / |
| Buentes | 86 | 92 | / |
| Poentes | 86 | 26 | / |
| Penteas | 86 | 16 | / |
| Puenter | 86 | 15 | / |
| Pentesh | 86 | 13 | / |
| Puentis | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peuntes | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pientes | 86 | 2 | / |
| Penthes | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penties | 86 | 0 | / |
| Puintes | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pntes | 83 | 2 | / |
| Puentise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peintess | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buente | 77 | 339 | / |
| Pintes | 77 | 270 | / |
| Pentis | 77 | 167 | / |
| Puenta | 77 | 30 | / |
| Pentex | 77 | 2 | / |
| Puenti | 77 | 2 | / |
| Puinte | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pentez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puemte | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puenté | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puenty | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pinteus | 71 | 173 | / |
| Pointes | 71 | 66 | / |
| Poentis | 71 | 65 | / |
| Buhente | 71 | 30 | / |
| Buenter | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pentais | 71 | 11 | / |
| Piontes | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pentiss | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pesntez | 71 | 2 | / |
| Puinter | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poyntes | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pientis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pentice | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pintesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paintes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puintis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buenteu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pesnntez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhente | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouhinte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pentisch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenther | 67 | 1 | / |
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