Ánacleto

surname · Latin script

Ánacleto is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ‘Invoked’, a deriv. of anakalein to call on) supposedly borne by the third pope, also known as Anenkletos ‘Irre¬ proachable’.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 9.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 14K
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Angola, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Anacleto in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, PH Philippines and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘Invoked’, a deriv. of anakalein to call on) supposedly borne by the third pope, also known as Anenkletos ‘Irre¬ proachable’.

Sources 7

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • A dictionary of surnames
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ánacleto counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ánacleto is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 9.7KlistedAnacleto36
AO Angola#367≈3,400 est.≈1 in 9.6K—Anacleto20
BR Brazil—2,9661 in 71K4.2KAnacleto115
PE Peru—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 14K—Anacleto31
AR Argentina—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 22K90Anacleto31
BO Bolivia—≈680 est.≈1 in 17K—Anacleto11
HN Honduras#764≈590 est.≈1 in 16K—Anacleto5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ánacleto under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ánacleto mean, and where does it come from?
‘Invoked’, a deriv. of anakalein to call on) supposedly borne by the third pope, also known as Anenkletos ‘Irre¬ proachable’. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and A concise dictionary of first names and 5 other sources.
In which country does Ánacleto have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Ánacleto in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anacleto.
How common is the name Ánacleto?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,966 people named Ánacleto in 2022, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
How common is Ánacleto compared with other names?
In Angola, Ánacleto is the 367th most common given name of 11,132 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ánacleto” — the 367th most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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