Cisneros

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: province of Palencia, originally named with a deriv. of Sp. cisne swan (via OF from L cycnus, Gk kyknos). Cichle see Keighley Cissen see Francis

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/θisneɾos/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cisneros is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 1.4K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.5K

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.

United States (measured from records)

50,920 people, 2010

Sources
381 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

El Salvador, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

province of Palencia, originally named with a deriv. of Sp. cisne swan (via OF from L cycnus, Gk kyknos). Cichle see Keighley Cissen see Francis

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

How Cisneros is read(measured from records)

Cisneros is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 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.

  • Spanish75%

    province of Palencia, originally named with a deriv. of Sp. cisne swan (via OF from L cycnus, Gk kyknos). Cichle see Keighley Cissen see Francis

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • English18%

    Henry, US government official

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    Sandra, US novelist

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)

Cisneros 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 Cisneros is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—50,9201 in 6.5K51KCisneros381
AR Argentina#28723,9341 in 1.9K24KCisneros92
CN China—≈22,000 est.≈1 in 62K—Cisneros4
PE Peru#287≈19,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Cisneros97
EC Ecuador#32711,9081 in 1.4K12KCisneros66
SV El Salvador#194≈5,500 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Cisneros55
CR Costa Rica#1903,3921 in 1.5K3.4KCisneros65
MX Mexico#155——2.4KCisneros207

50,920 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cisneros is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Cisne-Ros, Cisneroes, Cisnerös, Čisnêrös, Čïśńĕřőś

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cisnero-S

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Spain

    Also written Cisnéros

  • Arabic surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Spain, Israel

    Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

    Also written סיסנרוס, Cisnéros

  • Korean surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Ecuador, Peru

    Also written Císneros

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Pedro Felipe Figueredo y Cisneros, b. 1818José Gregorio Hernández, b. 1864Eduardo Cisneros, b. 1901Ernesto Cisneros, b. 1940Henry Cisneros, b. 1947Sandra Cisneros, b. 1954Gil Cisneros, b. 1971Iván Barton, b. 1991Cecilia Santiago, b. 1994Karol Sevilla, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Cisneros,Dear Cisneros, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Cisneros,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Cisneros
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201051K#670
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202049K#675
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200037K#850
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—24K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202412K#365
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—12K—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—3.4K#292
MX MexicoRENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)—2.4K#167
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1966226—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1995195—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1994190—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2010188—

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cisneros mean, and where does it come from?
province of Palencia, originally named with a deriv. of Sp. cisne swan (via OF from L cycnus, Gk kyknos). Cichle see Keighley Cissen see Francis Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
How do you pronounce Cisneros?
A machine transcription gives /θisneɾos/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Cisneros have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 51 thousand people named Cisneros, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cisneros.
How common is the name Cisneros?
In the United States, the national register counted 50,920 people named Cisneros in 2010, about 1 in 6.5 thousand residents.
How common is Cisneros compared with other names?
In Mexico, Cisneros is the 155th most common surname of 206,803 surnames 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, “Cisneros” — the 155th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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