Héros

surname · Latin script

Meaning: hero

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 72K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay≈1 in 155K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 338K

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)

≈440 people, est.

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 72K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Heros in PE Peru, BR Brazil, US United States 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)

hero

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 34 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Héros 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 Héros is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈440 est.≈1 in 72K—Heros40
FR France≈200 est.≈1 in 338K19—1
US United States≈68 est.≈1 in 4.9M112Heros63
BR Brazil≈31 est.≈1 in 6.8M804Heros58
IT Italy≈25 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Heros6
CL Chile≈23 est.≈1 in 780K2Heros13
UY Uruguay≈22 est.≈1 in 155K1Heros4
ES Spain151 in 3.3M25Heros29
BE Belgium≈8 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Heros3

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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

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

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt

    Also written Heros, Hèros

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Heros

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Heros

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Heros

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Heros

4 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Héros 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 Héros mean, and where does it come from?
hero Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Héros have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 444 people named Héros in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled heros.
How common is the name Héros?
In Spain, the national register counted 15 people named Héros, about 1 in 3.3 million residents.

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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, “Héros”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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