Solera
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Solera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Costa Rica than in any other country. In English, recorded as A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- ESSpain1 in 15K
- COColombia≈1 in 41K
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.
- Costa Rica (measured from records)
- Sources
- 114 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
3,553 people
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Solera is read(measured from records)
Solera is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish75%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Solera in Spanish.
- English9.7%
A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese7.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Solera in Portuguese.
- Catalan6.3%
flat ceiling
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Solera 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | #183 | 3,553 | 1 in 1.4K | 3.6K | Solera | 63 |
| ES Spain | — | 3,279 | 1 in 15K | 3.3K | Solera | 114 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 1 | Solera | 35 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 103K | — | Solera | 19 |
| BR Brazil | — | 900 | 1 in 235K | 900 | Solera | 3 |
| AR Argentina | — | 290 | 1 in 157K | 290 | Solera | 32 |
3,553 people counted by TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Solera is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, proprietário de casa solaria, com pavimentação artificial
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Basque, ( AN-gip ), soleda . "Piso y pavimento" Garbiz Lezo 232. Cf. VocNav: "Suelo de cemento de las plantas de construcción, que más tarde se reviste de baldosas u otro elemento: 'Mañana echamos la solera'". v. solairu. Orañ ere antaparan, soledan, zulo bat egiñ da . Minond 364. Antapara muturreko bioladura guzia usteldu eta galdua dago, eta antaparako solera guzia orobat . IBerg 271.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maurizio Solerab. 1750Italian economist (18th-19th century)
- Antonio Solerab. 1786IT(1786-1848)
- Laura Solera Mantegazzab. 1813ITItalian philanthropist and social reformer (1813–1873)
- Temistocle Solerab. 1815ITItalian opera librettist
- Fernando Baudrit Solerab. 1907CRCosta Rican judge
- Bernard Solerab. 1942FRFrench politician
- Juan Solera Alberob. 1956ESSpanish politician
- Daniel Colindresb. 1985CRnot in their usual nameCosta Rican footballer
- Daniela Solerab. 1997CRCosta Rican football player
- Eduardo Moisés Escribano Solerafilm producer and colorist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #64,679 |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Solera mean, and where does it come from?
- A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Solera have the most bearers?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Solera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled solera.
- Where is Solera most common?
- Solera is densest in Costa Rica, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Solera?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted 3,553 people named Solera, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Solera compared with other names?
- In Costa Rica, Solera is the 183rd most common surname of 8,899 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, “Solera” — the 183rd most common surname in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.