Baules
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/baules/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Baules is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Panama than in any other country. In Palau it is the 3rd most common surname.
- PWPalau≈1 in 5.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- PAPanama≈1 in 30K
- CRCosta Rica1 in 146K
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.
- Panama (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 31 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Palau, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baules 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA Panama | #732 | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 1 | Baules | 17 |
| FR France | — | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 700K | 19 | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 36 | 1 in 1.4M | 36 | Baules | 14 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 35 | 1 in 146K | 35 | Baules | 3 |
| US United States | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 16M | listed | Baules | 31 |
| PW Palau | #3 | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Baules | 3 |
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: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Baules is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Catalan, plural of baula
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Hokkons Baulesb. 1948PWPalauan politician
- Jean-François Baulesb. 1958FRFrench politician
- Jorge Baulesb. 1983PAPanamanian chess player
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 36 | #55,647 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 36 | #55,528 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 35 | #2,666 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 13 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Baules?
- A machine transcription gives /baules/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Baules have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 129 people named Baules in Panama, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baules.
- How common is the name Baules?
- In Spain, the national register counted 36 people named Baules, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
- How common is Baules compared with other names?
- In Panama, Baules is the 732nd most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Baules?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baulesThe 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, “Baules” — the 732nd most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.