Máritza

given name · Latin script

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

Máritza is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 25th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 318(inferred from the name graph)
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 584
  • PEPeru≈1 in 634

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)

≈50,000 people, est.

Record sources
389 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 318 (inferred from the name graph)

Nicaragua, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Maritza in PE Peru, US United States, VE Venezuela and 4 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Cited for this meaning 1

Attested across 31 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Máritza 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 Máritza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru#113≈50,000 est.≈1 in 634—Maritza78
VE Venezuela#8041,5051 in 69042KMaritza68
US United States—39,3111 in 8.5K39KMaritza389
CO Colombia#201≈35,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K26Maritza127
EC Ecuador#10225,8801 in 65326KMaritza68
NI Nicaragua#25≈20,000 est.≈1 in 318—Maritza32
SV El Salvador#115≈11,000 est.≈1 in 584—Maritza36

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry 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).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Máritza 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

Is Máritza a male or female name?
Máritza is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Máritza have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 50 thousand people named Máritza in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maritza.
How common is the name Máritza?
In Venezuela, the national register counted 41,505 people named Máritza, about 1 in 690 residents.
How common is Máritza compared with other names?
In Peru, Máritza is the 113th most common given name of 254,284 given names 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, “Máritza” — the 113th most common given name in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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