Puentes Surname

7,296th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77,793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Puentes Surname User-submission:

Puentes is Spanish for 'bridges'.

Puentes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia32,0631:1,490298
Mexico14,9661:8,294917
United States6,5541:55,3036,596
Cuba5,8571:1,967298
Venezuela5,4621:5,530677
Chile4,1981:4,196581
Spain3,1391:14,8941,690
Argentina2,2821:18,7311,597
Ecuador7641:20,8192,905
Uruguay4731:7,255803
El Salvador4631:13,702783
Honduras4151:21,244857
Peru2831:112,3116,789
Dominican Republic2391:43,6522,309
Brazil2021:1,059,77437,226
France831:800,27496,515
Canada811:454,88439,362
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Costa Rica351:136,5732,034
Paraguay341:212,8453,891
Israel291:295,09125,768
Panama221:177,8305,396
England201:2,785,90397,972
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Puerto Rico101:355,0142,904
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

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

Puentes (57) may also be a first name.

Puentes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Puentes is Spanish for 'bridges'.

- dt0093

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pueñtes951/
Ppuentes931/
Puesntes931/
Mpuentes931/
Puenties931/
Puente92105,230/
Pentes92165/
Puentez86125/
Buentes8692/
Poentes8626/
Penteas8616/
Puenter8615/
Pentesh8613/
Puentis862/
Peuntes862/
Pientes862/
Penthes861/
Penties860/
Puintes860/
Pntes832/
Puentise801/
Peintess801/
Buente77339/
Pintes77270/
Pentis77167/
Puenta7730/
Pentex772/
Puenti772/
Puinte771/
Pentez771/
Puemte771/
Puenté771/
Puenty770/
Pinteus71173/
Pointes7166/
Poentis7165/
Buhente7130/
Buenter7113/
Pentais7111/
Piontes717/
Pentiss713/
Pesntez712/
Puinter712/
Poyntes712/
Pientis711/
Pentice711/
Pintesh711/
Paintes711/
Puintis711/
Buenteu711/
Pesnntez671/
Bouhente671/
Pouhinte671/
Pentisch671/
Buenther671/

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