Hinojosa
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hinojosa, from a derivative of hinojo ‘fennel’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hinojosa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 41st most common surname.
- BOBolivia≈1 in 801(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.4K
- CLChile≈1 in 4.5K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 346 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 801 (inferred from the name graph)
26,146 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hinojosa, from a derivative of hinojo ‘fennel’. See also Fennell.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hinojosa 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 26,146 | 1 in 13K | 26K | Hinojosa | 346 |
| BO Bolivia | #41 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 801 | — | Hinojosa | 58 |
| PE Peru | #526 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Hinojosa | 78 |
| ES Spain | #560 | 7,144 | 1 in 7K | 7.1K | Hinojosa | 139 |
| AR Argentina | — | 4,500 | 1 in 10K | 4.5K | Hinojosa | 63 |
| CL Chile | #495 | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Hinojosa | 88 |
26,146 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Hinojosa is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, numerous places so called, from a deriv. of Sp. hinoja fen¬ nel (see Fennell).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In Spanish, merous places so called, from a deriv. of Sp. hinoja fennel (see Fennell).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
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)
- Luis Sáinz Hinojosab. 1936BOBolivian catholic priest (1936–2022)
- Rubén Hinojosab. 1940USAmerican politician
- José María Álvarezb. 1942ESnot in their usual nameSpanish poet and novelist (1942–2024)
- Tish Hinojosab. 1955USAmerican singer-songwriter
- FCHb. 1962MXnot in their usual name63th President of Mexico
- Octavio Hinojosab. 1981MXMexican actor
- Sabrina Bryanb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Dalier Hinojosab. 1986CUbaseball player
- Sandra Hinojosaactress
- David HinojosaAmerican film producer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 26K | #1,352 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 25K | #1,353 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 21K | #1,552 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 7.1K | #773 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7.1K | #772 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 4.5K | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Hinojosa come from?
- habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hinojosa, from a derivative of hinojo ‘fennel’. See also Fennell. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Hinojosa mean?
- Recorded meaning: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hinojosa, from a derivative of hinojo ‘fennel’.
- In which country does Hinojosa have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Hinojosa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hinojosa.
- How common is the name Hinojosa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 26,146 people named Hinojosa in 2010, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Hinojosa compared with other names?
- In Bolivia, Hinojosa is the 41st most common surname of 29,432 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, “Hinojosa” — the 41st most common surname in Bolivia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.