Męstrë

surname · Latin script

Męstrë is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from mestre ‘master (craftsman)’, denoting the head of a craft or trade guild. Compare French Maitre.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 7.9K
  • ARArgentina1 in 31K

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)

6,297 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
183 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MęstrëLatin(measured from records)
МестреCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mestre in ES Spain, AR Argentina, PT Portugal and 3 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)

from mestre ‘master (craftsman)’, denoting the head of a craft or trade guild. Compare French Maitre.

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Męstrë 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 Męstrë is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#6026,2971 in 7.9K6.3KMestre148
FR France—≈4,000 est.≈1 in 17K449—5
PT Portugal#255≈3,700 est.≈1 in 2.8K—Mestre95
BR Brazil—2,0941 in 101K2.1KMestre83
CO Colombia—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 33K2Mestre55
AR Argentina—1,4461 in 31K1.4KMestre68
UY Uruguay—2751 in 12K275Mestre15

6,297 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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 Męstrë 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 Męstrë mean, and where does it come from?
from mestre ‘master (craftsman)’, denoting the head of a craft or trade guild. Compare French Maitre. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese and 2 other sources.
In which country does Męstrë have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 6.3 thousand people named Męstrë, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mestre.
How common is the name Męstrë?
In Spain, the national register counted 6,297 people named Męstrë, about 1 in 7.9 thousand residents.
How common is Męstrë compared with other names?
In Spain, Męstrë is the 602nd most common surname of 395,154 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, “Męstrë” — the 602nd most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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