Caramba
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Caramba is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Philippines. In English, recorded as Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!.
- PTPortugal
- PHPhilippines
- BRBrazil
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 11 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Caramba is read(measured from records)
Caramba is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English55%
Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish17%
gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French7.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Caramba in French.
- Portuguese7.3%
gee, gosh (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Caramba counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | Caramba | 11 |
| US United States | — | Caramba | 9 |
| PT Portugal | — | Caramba | 7 |
| BR Brazil | — | Caramba | 6 |
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.
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
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Caramba come from?
- gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Caramba mean?
- In English, Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!
- In which country does Caramba have the most bearers?
- Caramba is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled caramba.
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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, “Caramba”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.