Sepûlveda

surname · Latin script

Sepûlveda is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chile than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Sepúlveda.

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 366(inferred from the name graph)
  • CUCuba≈1 in 1.1K
  • COColombia≈1 in 1.4K

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.

Chile (inferred from the name graph)

≈50,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
349 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 366 (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SepûlvedaLatin(measured from records)
СепульведаCyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sepulveda in CL Chile, US United States, AR Argentina 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)

Borrowed from Spanish Sepúlveda.

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 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sepûlveda 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 Sepûlveda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CL Chile#12≈50,000 est.≈1 in 3661Sepulveda155
CO Colombia#150≈34,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K22Sepulveda138
US United States—19,8511 in 17K20KSepulveda349
AR Argentina#32219,6431 in 2.3K20KSepulveda99
CU Cuba#39≈10,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Sepulveda8
DO Dominican Republic#174≈5,600 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Sepulveda43
PR Puerto Rico#142≈2,700 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Sepulveda55

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: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register. 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 Sepûlveda 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 Sepûlveda mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Sepúlveda. 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 Sepûlveda have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 50 thousand people named Sepûlveda in Chile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sepulveda.
How common is the name Sepûlveda?
In the United States, the national register counted 19,851 people named Sepûlveda in 2010, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
How common is Sepûlveda compared with other names?
In Chile, Sepûlveda is the 12th most common surname of 94,777 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, “Sepûlveda” — the 12th most common surname in Chile. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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