Priéto

surname · Latin script

Priéto is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Prieto. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 565(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 688
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.9K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

72,655 people

Sources
223 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 565 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

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 Prieto in ES Spain, AR Argentina, US United States and 1 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 Spanish Prieto. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Sources 3

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Priéto 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 Priéto is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—72,6551 in 68873KPrieto53
AR Argentina—23,4151 in 1.9K23KPrieto1
US United States—19,5201 in 17K20KPrieto102
UY Uruguay—5,9961 in 5656K——
EC Ecuador—4,2851 in 3.9K4.3K—2
CR Costa Rica—6401 in 8K640——
AD Andorra#158———Prieto11

72,655 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); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)

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

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Paraguay, United States

    Also written Prieto

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Prieto, Prîëtö

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Priéto 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 Priéto mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Prieto. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . 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 1 other source.
In which country does Priéto have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 73 thousand people named Priéto, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled prieto.
Where is Priéto most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Priéto is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 565 people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Priéto?
In Spain, the national register counted 72,655 people named Priéto, about 1 in 688 residents.
How common is Priéto compared with other names?
In Andorra, Priéto is the 158th most common surname of 755 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, “Priéto” — the 158th most common surname in Andorra. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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