my last name is Bustamante?

Question

does anybody have or know anybody with the last name of Bustamante....my family is Italian but i've been told it is also of spanish descent? anybody know?

Answer 1

Bustamante

Spanish: habitational name from Bustamante in Santander province, so named with Late Latin bustum Amantii ‘pasture (see Busto) of Amantius’, a personal name derived from Late Latin Amans, genitive Amantis, meaning ‘loving’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=

Look in a web-based phone book to find others. It is common. Not like Smith or Carpenter, but there are lots of you guys.

Answer 2

My name is Andrea Bustamante and I'm researching as well. My father has a large family [9 brothers and sisters]but they know very little about the Bustamante lineage. My father does not know any cousins,uncles etc. with the Bustamante name. Where we are from this name is not common. My father told me that we had some italian in us. My uncle says that it is very difficult to trace an accurate history since people just got married had kids migrated without documentation. He jokes, saying "for all we know, our greatx4 grandfathers were slaves to a Bustamante family and we were name after them.

Answer 3

Bustamante Origin

Answer 4

Italian

Answer 5

Bustamante has origin from the Roman period in Italy, but since the days where Christopher Columbus forge strong ties with Spain there have been a lot of Nobel House with Italian sir names taking root in Spain. But your origin is from Italy but you family tree probably has branches growing in Spain as well. Ask your mom and dad, they'll probably agree with me.

Answer 6

I worked with a female doctor in Haverstraw NY who's maiden name was Bustamante..i think it's of Spanish descent.....Her first name was Rita.

Answer 7

I went to college with Tony Bustamante. He has sisters named Anna and Gina and there were four or five brothers. If you're from the Chicago area, look them up.

Answer 8

I know a guy named Chris bustamante

Answer 9

Yeah there's a kid at my high school with that last name, in central Texas.

Answer 10

I knew a family of Bustamantes in Pico Rivera,Cal. Rich and Robt. they were of Mexican decent ,Their Dad,Manny was from Mexico.It's pretty much a Latin name,Spanish,Portugese or Italian,whatever.