Acoba
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from Ilocano
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɑkoʊbə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Acoba is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 463K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 109K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 134 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from Ilocano.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Acoba 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Acoba | 49 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Acoba | 3 |
| US United States | — | 718 | 1 in 463K | 718 | Acoba | 134 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 837K | — | Acoba | 12 |
| BR Brazil | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 2.7M | — | Acoba | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 158K | — | Acoba | 3 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Acoba | 7 |
| PA Panama | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 330K | — | Acoba | 2 |
| HM Heard & McDonald Islands | #956 | — | — | — | Acoba | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 718 | #32,123 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 668 | #36,101 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 566 | #37,094 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Acoba mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from Ilocano. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Acoba?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑkoʊbə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Acoba have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.6 thousand people named Acoba in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled acoba.
- How common is the name Acoba?
- In the United States, the national register counted 718 people named Acoba in 2010, about 1 in 463 thousand residents.
- How common is Acoba compared with other names?
- In Heard & McDonald Islands, Acoba is the 956th most common surname of 1,376 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/acobaThe 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, “Acoba” — the 956th most common surname in Heard & McDonald Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.