Pèralta
surname · Latin script
Pèralta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 46th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From place names in Spain, inherited from Latin petra alta (literally “high rock”).
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 190(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 310
- ARArgentina1 in 379
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- #579 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 403 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 186 (inferred from the name graph)
119,880 people
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, 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 Peralta in AR Argentina, PE Peru, US United States 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)From place names in Spain, inherited from Latin petra alta (literally “high rock”).
Cited for this meaning 4
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Pèralta 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #46 | 119,880 | 1 in 379 | 120K | Peralta | 144 |
| PH Philippines | #129 | ≈79,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Peralta | 113 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #21 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 186 | — | Peralta | 104 |
| US United States | — | 36,585 | 1 in 9.1K | 38K | Peralta | 403 |
| PE Peru | #112 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 897 | — | Peralta | 109 |
| EC Ecuador | #51 | 33,575 | 1 in 503 | 34K | Peralta | 77 |
| PY Paraguay | #56 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 313 | — | Peralta | 65 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 8,659 | 1 in 391 | 8.7K | — | 63 |
119,880 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC — civil registry names; 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
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pèralta mean, and where does it come from?
- From place names in Spain, inherited from Latin petra alta (literally “high rock”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Pèralta have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 120 thousand people named Pèralta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled peralta.
- How common is the name Pèralta?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 119,880 people named Pèralta, about 1 in 379 residents.
- How common is Pèralta compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Pèralta is the 46th most common surname of 398,256 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, “Pèralta” — the 46th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.