Hispanic Last Names Starting With B

This list of Hispanic last names starting with B is based on the 2010 United States census.

I have only included “B” surnames where at least 60% of the holders declared that they were Hispanic.

We’ve got the historic origins and meanings of the most common names in our lists. We also take a look at the Mexican census of 1930 and show comparisons with the United States.

Notes About Our Hispanic List

The U.S. census of 2010 included a question that asked if the person was “Spanish / Hispanic/ Latino”.

We used a cutoff of 60% to ensure that the last names were typically Hispanic.

The tables shows you the number of people of this surname who declared on the census that they were Hispanic.

The second column shows the total number of people with the name in the United States.

Most Common Hispanic Last Names Beginning With B

These were the three most common Hispanic surnames starting with B in the 2010 census.

• Barrera
• Bautista
• Bonilla

You’ll find the census numbers in our tables in the next section. Here, I’ll give the historic origins and meanings of these names.

Barrera

The origins of the name come from the Spanish term for a barrier or gate.

Early families with this name lived near a gate, a barrier, or a fenced area.

Bautista

Historically, this surname came from the personal name Bautista. The meaning comes from the Spanish word for a “baptist” or someone who washes.

St John the Baptist took this name.

Bonilla

Bonilla is a habitational name. That means that the early bearers adopted the surname from the place that they were born or lived in.

It’s the name of a town in the Cuenca province in Spain. Early adopters would have been people from the area.

Hispanic Last Names Beginning With B

Let’s start with the names from Baca to Banuelos.

Baez is the most common American name in this section with nearly thirty thousand bearers declaring as Hispanic in 2010.

There is some debate over the origins of this name. The main theory is that it is a variant of the Spanish name Paez.

And Paez simply means “son of Pelayo”. Continuing down this rabbit hole, Pelayo derives from the Latin name Pelagius.

This was the name of the Visigoth who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian Peninsula.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Baca	22,595	28,082	80%
Badilla	1,294	1,663	78%
Badillo	8,902	9,753	91%
Baena	855	958	89%
Baez	29,523	31,298	94%
Baeza	7,872	8,432	93%
Bahena	9,749	9,983	98%
Bailon	3,335	3,702	90%
Baires	1,690	1,743	97%
Baiza	800	939	85%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Balandran	812	868	94%
Balboa	2,047	2,520	81%
Balbuena	4,211	4,621	91%
Balcazar	1,975	2,055	96%
Balderas	15,613	16,576	94%
Balderrama	5,173	5,766	90%
Baldonado	1,020	1,529	67%
Balladares	796	841	95%
Ballester	747	919	81%
Ballesteros	8,082	10,261	79%
Balleza	972	1,125	86%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Balli	1,114	1,563	71%
Ballinas	764	772	99%
Baltazar	10,578	13,045	81%
Baltierra	789	911	87%
Baltodano	988	1,056	94%
Banales	1,452	1,523	95%
Banda	12,913	15,055	86%
Banderas	1,259	1,342	94%
Banegas	3,229	3,493	92%
Banos	2,159	2,455	88%
Banuelos	17,915	18,636	96%

From Baqueo to Barrosa

Barrera is the most common name here. We covered the meaning in the opening section of the top three “B” Hispanic surnames.

Barajas is the next most common name. Historically, this is a habitational name.

There are many villages named Barajas across Spain. The origins refer to “a place near water”, and families from those places would take the name.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Baquero	817	909	90%
Barahona	8,375	8,844	95%
Barajas	43,555	45,153	96%
Barba	8,378	11,043	76%
Barberena	765	832	92%
Barbosa	11,566	18,106	64%
Barboza	6,184	8,497	73%
Barcelo	1,539	1,940	79%
Barcena	845	1,105	76%
Barcenas	6,518	6,979	93%
Barcia	5,355	6,555	82%
Barco	1,438	2,385	60%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bardales	1,763	1,873	94%
Barela	6,366	7,739	82%
Bargas	2,248	2,979	75%
Barillas	2,806	2,942	95%
Barocio	1,202	1,258	96%
Barona	768	959	80%
Barradas	912	1,074	85%
Barragan	22,168	23,176	96%
Barrales	1,245	1,288	97%
Barranco	2,023	2,808	72%
Barrantes	985	1,096	90%
Barraza	17,141	18,030	95%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Barreda	902	1,034	87%
Barreiro	1,519	2,125	71%
Barrera	56,838	60,998	93%
Barreras	2,966	3,496	85%
Barreto	8,412	10,127	83%
Barrientes	2,102	2,287	92%
Barrientez	807	943	86%
Barrientos	17,693	18,877	94%
Barriga	4,857	5,286	92%
Barrio	791	969	82%
Barrios	29,434	32,873	90%
Barroso	4,322	5,333	81%

From Bartolo to Bazan

Bautista is the most common Hispanic last name in this section. We covered the meaning earlier.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bartolo	1,748	2,796	63%
Basaldua	1,206	1,314	92%
Basilio	1,820	3,015	60%
Basquez	2,127	2,442	87%
Bastida	1,300	1,401	93%
Bastidas	1,646	1,793	92%
Basulto	1,668	1,744	96%
Basurto	3,335	3,522	95%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Batalla	771	943	82%
Batista	14,567	18,323	80%
Batres	4,606	4,996	92%
Bautista	46,283	60,264	77%
Bauza	675	903	75%
Bayona	951	1,219	78%
Baza	774	1,068	72%
Bazaldua	1,548	1,614	96%
Bazan	6,863	8,104	85%

From Beas to Bernardino

Benitez is the most common name in this section.

The surname derives from the personal name Benito, which itself comes from the Latin name Benedictus.

Benedictus means “blessed” in Latin. The name spread in Europe in the Middle Ages from the influence of Saint Benedict of Nursia.

Benedict, or Benedetto, was an Italian monk who greatly influenced the Christian monastic traditions.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Beas	1,671	1,808	92%
Beato	997	1,404	71%
Becerra	31,391	33,274	94%
Becerril	3,718	3,881	96%
Bedolla	5,830	6,127	95%
Bedoy	827	874	95%
Bedoya	3,138	3,429	92%
Bejar	2,022	2,224	91%
Bejarano	6,234	6,692	93%
Bello	10,942	16,915	65%
Belloso	869	910	95%
Belman	1,012	1,369	74%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Belmares	1,070	1,143	94%
Belmontes	1,471	1,577	93%
Beltran	45,221	49,776	91%
Beltre	1,458	1,511	96%
Benavente	1,250	1,901	66%
Benavides	22,055	23,761	93%
Benavidez	11,329	12,648	90%
Bencomo	2,385	2,563	93%
Bencosme	1,204	1,228	98%
Benites	2,904	3,181	91%
Benitez	48,139	51,288	94%
Benito	1,562	2,430	64%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Berber	1,249	1,451	86%
Berganza	657	689	95%
Berlanga	1,771	1,935	92%
Bermea	1,624	1,780	91%
Bermejo	2,046	2,330	88%
Bermeo	1,716	1,790	96%
Bermudes	782	995	79%
Bermudez	24,009	26,691	90%
Bernabe	3,446	4,915	70%

From Bernal to Borunda

Bonilla is the most common name in this section. We covered the meaning earlier as it is in the top three of B Hispanic surnames.

Here, I’ll take a look at Bernal.

The meaning of Bernal comes from the Spanish word for a bear.

Early families of that name may have come from regions populated by the Iberian bear. These bears were typically found in the Cantabrian mountains.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bernal	35,144	39,693	89%
Bernardino	2,025	3,111	65%
Berrios	11,441	12,451	92%
Berroa	1,037	1,102	94%
Berrones	909	962	94%
Berumen	4,832	5,195	93%
Betances	1,872	1,981	95%
Betancourt	19,750	21,663	91%
Betancur	1,588	1,690	94%
Bibian	702	737	95%
Bibiano	835	875	95%
Bisono	759	803	95%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Blancarte	849	921	92%
Blancas	2,450	2,608	94%
Blanco	26,311	31,800	83%
Blandon	1,834	2,628	70%
Blas	2,221	3,612	61%
Blea	1,406	1,921	73%
Bobadilla	4,127	4,566	90%
Bocanegra	6,748	7,134	95%
Bohorquez	1,358	1,465	93%
Bojorquez	5,778	6,147	94%
Bolanos	11,143	11,829	94%
Bolivar	2,246	2,997	75%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bonet	1,643	2,187	75%
Bonilla	47,990	51,475	93%
Borboa	815	918	89%
Borbon	1,143	1,371	83%
Borja	4,877	7,618	64%
Borjas	3,382	3,609	94%
Borjon	779	863	90%
Borquez	1,526	1,698	90%
Borrayo	1,124	1,184	95%
Borrego	6,131	6,772	91%
Borrero	3,871	4,383	88%
Borunda	2,464	2,693	92%

From Bosque to Bustos

The most common name in this section is Bravo, which ranks in the top thousand American names in the 2010 U.S. Census.

The origins of the name are from the terms for courageous and fierce. Early holders of the name may have been fighters or soldiers.

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bosque	817	1,181	69%
Bosquez	1,317	1,480	89%
Botello	10,750	11,569	93%
Botero	1,483	1,644	90%
Boza	704	992	71%
Bracamonte	2,118	2,423	87%
Bracamontes	2,434	2,553	95%
Bracero	1,454	1,640	89%
Brambila	3,054	3,176	96%
Bran	1,389	1,687	82%
Bravo	37,780	41,700	91%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Brea	1,176	1,428	82%
Breceda	664	706	94%
Brenes	1,946	2,181	89%
Bretado	704	725	97%
Bribiesca	843	886	95%
Briceno	4,615	5,030	92%
Bringas	784	1,138	69%
Briones	12,278	15,098	81%
Briseno	10,194	10,821	94%
Brito	17,810	21,007	85%
Brizuela	2,355	2,538	93%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Bucio	3,581	3,712	96%
Buelna	1,022	1,183	86%
Buendia	2,122	2,635	81%
Bueno	14,594	16,936	86%
Buenrostro	6,764	6,931	98%
Buentello	1,992	2,160	92%
Bueso	961	1,007	95%
Bugarin	2,259	2,915	78%
Buitrago	1,881	2,018	93%
Buitron	1,881	2,075	91%

Last Name	# Who Declared Hispanic	# Total Holders	% Declared Hispanic
Burciaga	4,622	4,856	95%
Burgos	22,489	25,169	89%
Burgueno	728	782	93%
Burrola	1,008	1,093	92%
Burruel	768	911	84%
Bustamante	21,717	24,536	89%
Bustillo	2,382	2,690	89%
Bustillos	5,281	5,684	93%
Bustos	15,024	17,040	88%

Common Mexican Last Names Starting With B

The Mexican government doesn’t release data from recent censuses. However, the 1930 Mexican census is available.

Let’s compare the numbers from 1930 Mexico with the names I’ve already discussed.

I’ve done these comparisons for other letters and the order of how common the names are in the two countries usually aligns.

But you can see from the table below that it doesn’t work that way with “B”.

For example, Bautista was over twice as common than Barrera in 1930 Mexico. But in the U.S. in 2010, they were pretty much on a par in terms of numbers.

Last Name	Mexico 1930	U.S. 2010
Barrera	16,709	60,998
Bautista	37,920	60,264
Bonilla	7,252	51,475
Benitez	7,246	51,288
Beltran	13,572	49,776
Barajas	11,570	45,153
Bravo	12,283	41,700
Bernal	10,384	39,693
Becerra	8,699	33,274
Baez	4,074	31,298

Can’t Find A Surname That You Know?

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