Larrañaga

surname · Latin script

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

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

Larrañaga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Larrañaga, a surname of Basque origin.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 11K
  • ARArgentina1 in 46K

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.

Spain (measured from records)

4,593 people

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

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 Larranaga in US United States.

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)

Borrowed from Spanish Larrañaga, a surname of Basque origin.

Sources 2

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Larrañaga 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 Larrañaga is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—4,5931 in 11K4.6KLarrañaga73
UY Uruguay#2702,1351 in 1.6K2.1KLarrañaga29
AR Argentina—9921 in 46K992Larrañaga35
US United States—8741 in 381K874Larranaga119
CL Chile—≈390 est.≈1 in 47K—Larrañaga29
GT Guatemala—≈150 est.≈1 in 118K—Larrañaga6

4,593 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Larranaga, Larranãga

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Mexico, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese

    Also written Larranaga

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain

    Also written Larranaga

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States

    Also written Larranaga, Ларранага

27 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)

18001850190019502000Gregorio Romero de Larrañaga, b. 1814Pedro Larrañaga, b. 1887Ramiro Larrañaga, b. 1924Carlos Larrañaga, b. 1937Rafael de Diego, b. 1944Jim Larrañaga, b. 1949Jorge Larrañaga, b. 1956Amparo Larrañaga, b. 1963Luis Merlo, b. 1966Jon Plazaola, b. 1982

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Larrañaga
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4.6K#1,149
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4.6K#1,149
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—992—

Reference works 2

  • 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

What does the name Larrañaga mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Larrañaga, a surname of Basque origin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Larrañaga?
A machine transcription gives /laɾaɲaga/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Larrañaga have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 4.6 thousand people named Larrañaga, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled larrañaga.
Where is Larrañaga most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Larrañaga is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Larrañaga?
In Spain, the national register counted 4,593 people named Larrañaga, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Larrañaga compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Larrañaga is the 270th most common surname of 57,630 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, “Larrañaga” — the 270th most common surname in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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