Beristain

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/beristain/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Beristain is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Beristain, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 500K(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 57K
  • AOAngola≈1 in 241K

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.

Spain (measured from records)

881 people

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Spanish Beristain, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

Sources 1

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Beristain 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 Beristain is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain8811 in 57K881Beristain67
US United States6651 in 500K665Beristain129
AO Angola≈140 est.≈1 in 241K—Beristain1
AR Argentina901 in 505K90Beristain31
CL Chile≈54 est.≈1 in 334K—Beristain20

881 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Beristain is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Beristáin, Beristaín

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain

    Also written Beristáin, Béristain

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Beristáin, Beristaín

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Beristáin

  • Russian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Beristáin

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Imanol Urbieta Beristain, b. 1934Felix Beristain, b. 1937Arturo Beristain, b. 1949Luz María Beristain, b. 1963Begoña Beristain García, b. 1967Rakel San Sebastian, b. 1975Iñaki Goikoetxea, b. 1982Haizea Egaña Beristain, b. 1996Ibabe Beristain, b. 1996

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)

FormalEstimado/a Beristain,Dear Beristain, (English)
InformalHola Beristain,Hi Beristain, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Beristain
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—881#4,951
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—881#4,950
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010665#34,149
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020618#38,554
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000314#60,083
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—90—
US United Stateswru 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 Beristain mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Beristain, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Beristain?
A machine transcription gives /beristain/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Beristain have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 881 people named Beristain, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beristain.
Where is Beristain most common?
Beristain is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 57 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Beristain?
In Spain, the national register counted 881 people named Beristain, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.

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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, “Beristain”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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