Espinoza

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Espinoza, España; Amsterdam, London, Brasil, Lisboa, Portugal, Nantes, Salé, Gibraltar, Tunis

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

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

Espinoza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country, where it is the 20th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 86(inferred from the name graph)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 102
  • PEPeru≈1 in 172

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Espinoza itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈190,000 people, est.

#200 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
453 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 86 (inferred from the name graph)

Nicaragua, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

EspinozaLatin(measured from records)
ЭспиносаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΕσπινόσαGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Espinosa in PH Philippines.

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)

recorded in Spanish

Espinoza, España; Amsterdam, London, Brasil, Lisboa, Portugal, Nantes, Salé, Gibraltar, Tunis

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Espinoza 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 Espinoza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru#20≈190,000 est.≈1 in 172396KEspinoza151
US United States#542112,1541 in 3K112KEspinoza453
CL Chile#10≈77,000 est.≈1 in 235—Espinoza158
NI Nicaragua#5≈72,000 est.≈1 in 86—Espinoza90
PH Philippines#137≈72,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Espinosa115
CR Costa Rica#2250,1331 in 10250KEspinoza102
BO Bolivia—≈36,000 est.≈1 in 322—Espinoza77

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: the pe-reniec-name-freq register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; 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)

Espinoza is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname37 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Espínoza, Êšpįńözą, Êspînozã, Ëšpïňőžä, Ęspïnõzâ

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Espin-Oza, Espínoza, Espìnoza, Espino-Za

  • Hungarian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Hungary, United States, Argentina

    Also written Ëspínózá, E̶s̶p̶i̶n̶o̶z̶a̶

  • Korean surname3 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Espinosa, 에스피노사

61 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)

1850190019502000Carlos Dávila, b. 1887Massiel, b. 1947Patricia Espinosa, b. 1958María Fernanda Espinosa, b. 1964Daniel Espinosa, b. 1977Ana Guevara, b. 1977Roger Espinoza, b. 1986Pablo Espinosa, b. 1992Diego Palacios, b. 1999Percy Liza, b. 2000
  • Carlos Dávilab. 1887CLnot in their usual nameChilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)
  • Massielb. 1947ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
  • Patricia Espinosab. 1958MXnot in their usual nameMexican diplomat
  • María Fernanda Espinosab. 1964ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorian politician and poet
  • Daniel Espinosab. 1977SEnot in their usual nameSwedish film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Ana Guevarab. 1977MXnot in their usual nameMexican athlete and politician
  • Roger Espinozab. 1986HNHonduran footballer
  • Pablo Espinosab. 1992ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
  • Diego Palaciosb. 1999ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorean footballer
  • Percy Lizab. 2000PEnot in their usual namePeruvian footballer

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Espinoza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PE PeruRENIEC — Apellidos más frecuentes (national DNI bearer counts, 2025)2025396K#19
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010112K#271
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020108K#285
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200079K#360
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—50K#38
CR Costa RicaTSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

How do you pronounce Espinoza?
A machine transcription gives /espinoθa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Espinoza mean?
Recorded meaning: Espinoza, España; Amsterdam, London, Brasil, Lisboa, Portugal, Nantes, Salé, Gibraltar, Tunis
In which country does Espinoza have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 185 thousand people named Espinoza in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled espinoza.
How common is the name Espinoza?
In the United States, the national register counted 112,154 people named Espinoza in 2010, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
How common is Espinoza compared with other names?
In Peru, Espinoza is the 20th most common surname of 173,371 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, “Espinoza” — the 20th most common surname in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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