Pàstor

surname · Latin script

Pàstor is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country, where it is the 85th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 1.1K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 2.2K
  • PEPeru≈1 in 2.3K

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)

46,323 people

Sources
289 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

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 Pastor in ES Spain, PE Peru, PH Philippines 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(measured from records)

Derivation of Pàstor: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Pàstor
  1. GermanPastor(measured from records)
  2. Latinpastor(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

Sources 4

  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pàstor 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 Pàstor is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#8546,3231 in 1.1K46KPastor213
PH Philippines#996≈17,000 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Pastor62
PE Peru#346≈14,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Pastor88
NG Nigeria—≈8,900 est.≈1 in 24K—Pastor24
BR Brazil#972≈8,300 est.≈1 in 25K228Pastor100
GT Guatemala#309≈3,200 est.≈1 in 5.4K—Pastor24
UY Uruguay#4051,5231 in 2.2K1.5KPastor33

46,323 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); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pàstor 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 Pàstor mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Pàstor have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 46 thousand people named Pàstor, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pastor.
Where is Pàstor most common?
Pàstor is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pàstor?
In Spain, the national register counted 46,323 people named Pàstor, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
How common is Pàstor compared with other names?
In Spain, Pàstor is the 85th 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, “Pàstor” — the 85th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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