Camarena
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Camarena is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Panama it is the 24th most common surname.
- PAPanama≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 4.5K
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 7.8K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 294 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
11,154 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Panama, 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.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Camarena 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 11,154 | 1 in 30K | 11K | Camarena | 294 |
| PE Peru | #639 | ≈7,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Camarena | 64 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,963 | 1 in 17K | 3K | Camarena | 106 |
| PA Panama | #24 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | 42 | Camarena | 42 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #393 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Camarena | 34 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Camarena | 24 |
11,154 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; 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)
- Jorge González Camarenab. 1908MX20th century Mexican painter and sculptor (1908-1980)
- Miguel Gual Camarenab. 1916ESSpanish historian and medievalist
- Guillermo González Camarenab. 1917MXMexican engineer (1917–1965)
- José Camarena Mahiquesb. 1921ESresearcher
- Enrique Camarenab. 1947USDEA agent murdered by cia (1947–1985)
- Germán Jiménezb. 1962MXnot in their usual namebaseball player
- Eduardo Villegasb. 1964BOnot in their usual nameBolivian association football player
- Javier Camarenab. 1976MXMexican tenor opera singer
- Daniel Camarenab. 1992USAmerican baseball player
- César Blackmanb. 1998PAnot in their usual namePanamanian footballer (born 1998)
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 21 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 11K | #3,237 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,342 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.1K | #4,027 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 3K | #1,729 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 3K | #1,729 |
| PA Panama | Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election | 2024 | 42 | #88 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- In which country does Camarena have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Camarena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled camarena.
- How common is the name Camarena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,154 people named Camarena in 2010, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.
- How common is Camarena compared with other names?
- In Panama, Camarena is the 24th most common surname of 39,844 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/camarenaThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Camarena” — the 24th most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.