Puente is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Puente
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Spain
Meaning:

The is the form of Pond. From residence near one. Atte Pond, Ad le Pond, De Pond. Hundred Rolls It was sometimes changed to Ponder.

The form of the Pond. Dweller near a small body of water; variant of Pound meaning "one who lived near, or had charge of, the pinfold or enclosure for animals".

The variant of Pont. Of the bridge.

Of the bridge.

The lastname is variant of Pont. French, a bridge. Herbrand de Pont-Audemer, at the time of Domesday Book, held in capite certain manors in Hampshire. Pont, with or without some suffix, and Dupont, have always been common French surnames, of which there have doubtless been several importations into this country. One of these took place on account of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and, in the year 1691, we find a French refugee family of Pont resident in London. In some cases the name has been anglicised to Bridge.

How popular is Puente?

Puente is common in Mexico, United States, Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Philippines, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, France, Uruguay, Andorra.

Puente is ranked 5393 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Puentes grew by 29.77 per cent to 14966 since 2000 and ranked 2420 after elevating 438 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 93.14 91.72
White 5.88 7.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.48
Black 0.23 0.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.18 0.19
Others 0.13 0.29
Puente is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico however Andorra lie ahead in terms of density. Around 105229 people have been found who wears Puente as their family name. Puente is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Puente:
380 Mexico46,770
3,091 United States14,780
385 Spain14,418
Countries with thousands of Puente:
803 Peru6,450
636 Ecuador4,242
977 Argentina4,122
805 Venezuela4,060
576 Cuba2,328
559 Dominican Republic1,918
1,895 Colombia1,634
Countries with hundreds of Puente:
1,310 Chile855
1,490 Bolivia650
28,748 Philippines568
756 El Salvador489
2,038 Guatemala423
25,348 Brazil311
34,695 France297
2,139 Uruguay182
104 Andorra125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,017 Puerto Rico89
45,970 England63
52,014 Canada58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,638 Panama42
33,354 Belgium41
111,952 Germany39
225,763 Thailand39
4,605 Paraguay26
101,019 South Africa22
2,987 Costa Rica18
78,599 Australia17
36,405 Switzerland16
105,022 Italy15
34,015 Norway14
78,311 Netherlands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
73,605 Sweden10
1,511 Aruba9
2,922 Iceland9
30,726 Qatar9
47,603 Denmark6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Anna Puente from Germany aboard the Berlin from Bremen on September 4, 1874. She is registered to be 36 years old when she arrived in USA. Anna Puente, 8 years old Gerhard Puente, Farmer Gerhard Puente, Theresia Puente, are others that migrated to US.

Puente Namesakes

  • Isaac Puente, Basque physician and Spanish anarchist of a strong anarchist communist bent
  • Eduardo de la Puente, on Caiga Quien Caiga
  • Juan de la Puente, former Spanish handball player
  • Aurelio González Puente, Spanish former road bicycle racer
  • Audrey Puente, American meteorologist
  • Miguel Puente, Mexican former professional baseball pitcher
  • David Puente, award-winning TV

Puente Namesakes

  • Isaac Puente, Basque physician and Spanish anarchist of a strong anarchist communist bent
  • Eduardo de la Puente, on Caiga Quien Caiga
  • Juan de la Puente, former Spanish handball player
  • Aurelio González Puente, Spanish former road bicycle racer
  • Audrey Puente, American meteorologist
  • Miguel Puente, Mexican former professional baseball pitcher
  • David Puente, award-winning TV

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