Contrèras

surname · Latin script

Contrèras is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country, where it is the 29th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Contreras. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 208(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 212
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 376

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.

Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)

≈140,000 people, est.

#292 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
447 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 208 (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ContrèrasLatin(measured from records)
ΚοντρεραςGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Contreras in VE Venezuela, US United States, CL Chile and 5 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)

From Spanish Contreras. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Sources 3

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

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Contrèras 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 Contrèras is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela#29≈140,000 est.≈1 in 212653Contreras121
US United States#654130,1641 in 2.6K130KContreras447
CL Chile#29≈87,000 est.≈1 in 208—Contreras175
CO Colombia#77≈84,000 est.≈1 in 58743Contreras184
AR Argentina#11664,3891 in 70664KContreras119
PE Peru#82≈58,000 est.≈1 in 551—Contreras110
DO Dominican Republic#47≈26,000 est.≈1 in 409—Contreras87
SV El Salvador#66≈17,000 est.≈1 in 37618KContreras68

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: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register; El Salvador top-100 surnames (surnam.es / RNPN-derived). 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 Contrèras 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 Contrèras mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Contreras. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 1 other source.
In which country does Contrèras have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 135 thousand people named Contrèras in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled contreras.
How common is the name Contrèras?
In the United States, the national register counted 130,164 people named Contrèras in 2010, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
How common is Contrèras compared with other names?
In Venezuela, Contrèras is the 29th most common surname of 83,461 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, “Contrèras” — the 29th most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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