Povêda
surname · Latin script
Povêda is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: lived near a grove of poplars, OSp. poveda, a collective oi povo, pobo (white) poplar (LL popus, a back-formation from class. L, populus, taken as a dim.).
- NINicaragua≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1.6K
- COColombia≈1 in 2.5K
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.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 193 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
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 Poveda in CO Colombia, ES Spain, NI Nicaragua 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)lived near a grove of poplars, OSp. poveda, a collective oi povo, pobo (white) poplar (LL popus, a back-formation from class. L, populus, taken as a dim.). There are also sev¬ eral places named with this word, and they may have con¬ tributed to the surname. Poverelli see Power
Cited for this meaning 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Povêda 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #298 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 10 | Poveda | 129 |
| ES Spain | #350 | 10,797 | 1 in 4.6K | 11K | Poveda | 148 |
| NI Nicaragua | #148 | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Poveda | 32 |
| CR Costa Rica | #193 | 3,255 | 1 in 1.6K | 3.3K | Poveda | 52 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Poveda | 25 |
| PA Panama | #203 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 7 | Poveda | 37 |
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: the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. 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 Povêda mean, and where does it come from?
- lived near a grove of poplars, OSp. poveda, a collective oi povo, pobo (white) poplar (LL popus, a back-formation from class. L, populus, taken as a dim.). 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.
- In which country does Povêda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Povêda in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled poveda.
- How common is the name Povêda?
- In Spain, the national register counted 10,797 people named Povêda, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Povêda compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Povêda is the 298th most common surname of 144,306 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, “Povêda” — the 298th most common surname in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.