Encinas
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries
/enˈsinas/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary
Encinas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 94th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From encinas (plural of encina).
- BOBolivia≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 6.4K
- ESSpain1 in 7K
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.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 242 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From encinas (plural of encina).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Encinas 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #753 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | 263 | Encinas | 146 |
| BO Bolivia | #94 | ≈9,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Encinas | 52 |
| ES Spain | #694 | 7,115 | 1 in 7K | 7.1K | Encinas | 143 |
| AR Argentina | #722 | 7,067 | 1 in 6.4K | 7.1K | Encinas | 61 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Encinas | 50 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Encinas | 54 |
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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ramón Encinasb. 1893ESSpanish association football manager (1893-1967)
- Carlos Encinas Gonzálezb. 1907ESMexican painter (1907-1997)
- Alejandro Encinas Rodríguezb. 1954MXMexican politician
- Carlos Bardemb. 1963ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
- Mónica Bardemb. 1964ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actress
- Roberto Encinasb. 1966ESSpanish voice actor
- David Molina Encinasb. 1968ESDirector de series de televisión
- Diana Encinasb. 1968MXMexican figure skater
- Javier Bardemb. 1969ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
- Aintzane Encinasb. 1988ESSpanish footballer
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 7.1K | #775 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7.1K | #775 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 7.1K | — |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 263 | #1,013 |
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 Encinas mean, and where does it come from?
- From encinas (plural of encina). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Encinas?
- In Spanish /enˈsinas/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Encinas have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Encinas in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled encinas.
- How common is the name Encinas?
- In Spain, the national register counted 7,115 people named Encinas, about 1 in 7.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Encinas compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Encinas is the 753rd most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/encinasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Encinas” — the 753rd most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.