Encalada

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine singular of encalado

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

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

Encalada is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 9.7K
  • CLChile≈1 in 20K

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.

Ecuador (measured from records)

14,099 people, 2024

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine singular of encalado

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Encalada 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 Encalada is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EC Ecuador#20814,0991 in 1.2K14KEncalada50
PE Peru—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 9.7K—Encalada53
CL Chile#973≈910 est.≈1 in 20K—Encalada55
US United States—8531 in 390K880Encalada129
AR Argentina—6351 in 72K635Encalada36
ES Spain—6041 in 83K604Encalada58

14,099 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. 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: INEC — civil registry names; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)

Encalada is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Ecuador, Spain

    Also written Encälädä

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Peru, United States, Ecuador

    Also written Encälädä

33 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)

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 Encalada,Dear Encalada, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Encalada,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Encalada
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202414K#308
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—14K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020880#28,769
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010853#28,065
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—635—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—604#6,865
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—604#6,863
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000508#40,552
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1995294—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1999269—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1998244—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2001242—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Encalada mean, and where does it come from?
feminine singular of encalado Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Encalada?
A machine transcription gives /enkalada/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Encalada have the most bearers?
In Ecuador, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Encalada, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled encalada.
Where is Encalada most common?
Encalada is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Encalada?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 14,099 people named Encalada in 2024, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
How common is Encalada compared with other names?
In Ecuador, Encalada is the 208th most common surname of 34,511 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, “Encalada” — the 208th most common surname in Ecuador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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