Galdos
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ing. The suffix -os, -oz occurs in many Basque surnames, particularly in the province of Navarre, and seems gener¬ ally to have patr
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡaldos/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Galdos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.
- PEPeru≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 47K
- ARArgentina1 in 180K
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.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 114 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ing. The suffix -os, -oz occurs in many Basque surnames, particularly in the province of Navarre, and seems gener¬ ally to have patr. force, but it is not certain whether that is the case here.
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galdos 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Galdos | 61 |
| ES Spain | 1,073 | 1 in 47K | 1.1K | Galdos | 83 |
| AR Argentina | 253 | 1 in 180K | 253 | Galdos | 38 |
| BR Brazil | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 836K | — | Galdos | 15 |
| US United States | 252 | 1 in 1.3M | 252 | Galdos | 114 |
| UY Uruguay | 159 | 1 in 21K | 159 | Galdos | 12 |
| CL Chile | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 702K | — | Galdos | 18 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Galdos is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, locative plural of galds
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- José María Galdosb. 1850PEPeruvian politician
- Mariano E. Galdosb. 1857PEPeruvian military and politician
- Eli Galdosb. 1934ESSpanish politician (1934-2007)
- Virginia Galdos del Carpiob. 1938PEPeruvian activist, psychologist and journalist.
- Gonzalo Galdos Jiménezb. 1958PEPeruvian engineer
- Iñaki Galdosb. 1966ESSpanish politician
- Joaquín GaldósPEPeruvian bullfighter
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.1K | #4,162 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.1K | #4,162 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 253 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 252 | #76,275 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 235 | #85,600 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 202 | #85,996 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 159 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- Where does the name Galdos come from?
- ing. The suffix -os, -oz occurs in many Basque surnames, particularly in the province of Navarre, and seems gener¬ ally to have patr. force, but it is not certain whether that is the case here. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Galdos?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡaldos/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Galdos mean?
- Recorded meaning: ing. The suffix -os, -oz occurs in many Basque surnames, particularly in the province of Navarre, and seems gener¬ ally to have patr.
- In which country does Galdos have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Galdos in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galdos.
- How common is the name Galdos?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,073 people named Galdos, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galdosThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Galdos”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.