Olvera

surname · Latin script

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

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

Olvera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Mexico it is the 98th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 1.7K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 12K
  • CACanada≈1 in 24K

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)

27,551 people, 2010

Sources
331 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Olvera 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 Olvera is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—27,5511 in 12K28KOlvera331
EC Ecuador#29910,0451 in 1.7K10KOlvera44
GT Guatemala#914≈1,800 est.≈1 in 9.4K—Olvera5
ES Spain—1,7371 in 29K1.7KOlvera88
CA Canada—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 24K—Olvera48
HN Honduras#562≈540 est.≈1 in 17K—Olvera8
MX Mexico#98——3.4KOlvera216

27,551 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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INEC — civil registry names; 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Olvera is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Olverą

  • Portuguese surname154 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi

    Also written Oliveira, Оливейра, Oliveira', Olíveira, Олівейра

42 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)

180018501900195020002050Agustin Olvera, b. 1818Monica Olvera de la Cruz, b. 1958Fernando Olvera, b. 1959Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr., b. 1963Jesús Olvera, b. 1974Enrique Olvera, b. 1976Heriberto Olvera, b. 1990Carolina Miranda, b. 1990Michelle Olvera, b. 1998Osmar Olvera, b. 2004

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Olvera
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201028K#1,275
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202027K#1,285
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200019K#1,778
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202410K#427
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—10K—
MX MexicoRENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)—3.4K#113
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.7K#2,721
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.7K#2,721
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1995197—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2006195—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2010190—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1999190—

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

How do you pronounce Olvera?
A machine transcription gives /olbɛra/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Olvera have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 28 thousand people named Olvera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled olvera.
Where is Olvera most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Olvera is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 1.7 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Olvera?
In the United States, the national register counted 27,551 people named Olvera in 2010, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Olvera compared with other names?
In Mexico, Olvera is the 98th most common surname of 206,803 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, “Olvera” — the 98th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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