Cambra
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Portuguese: a toponym of Celtic origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkæmbɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cambra is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 24K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 188K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 20K
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)
- Sources
- 95 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
2,079 people
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a toponym of Celtic origin
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
How Cambra is read(measured from records)
Cambra is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English56%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Cambra in English.
- Spanish26%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Cambra in Spanish.
- Portuguese7.0%
a toponym of Celtic origin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Catalan6.1%
room
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cambra 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | — | 2,079 | 1 in 24K | 2.1K | Cambra | 95 |
| US United States | — | 1,771 | 1 in 188K | 1.8K | Cambra | 86 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Cambra | 2 |
| BR Brazil | — | 367 | 1 in 577K | 367 | Cambra | 42 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 179K | — | Cambra | 10 |
| PY Paraguay | #676 | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Cambra | 9 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 87K | — | Cambra | 3 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 88 | 1 in 38K | 88 | Cambra | 8 |
2,079 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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Cambra is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Galician, cramp (a painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, third-person singular past historic of cambrer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pro, room, in particular a bedroom
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, medieval spelling of camera
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)
- Rogelio Estevez Cambrab. 1866ESSpanish journalist (1866-1939)
- Manuel Cambrab. 1929PTPortuguese politician
- Josefina Cambra i Ginéb. 1946ESSpanish politician
- Sixte Cambra i Sànchezb. 1952ESSpanish businessperson and politician
- Bernard Cambrab. 1963FRFrench politician
- Ramón Esteve Cambrab. 1964ESArchitect
- Ignasi Cambrab. 1989ESSpanish pianist
- José Ángel Cambra BurgaletaESSpanish politician
- Roberto A. CambraPAPanamanian entomologist
- Aitor GaragarzaESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician
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 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 2.1K | #2,349 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 2.1K | #2,346 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.8K | #16,284 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.6K | #16,208 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #18,787 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 367 | #22,342 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 88 | — |
| 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 Cambra mean, and where does it come from?
- a toponym of Celtic origin Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How common is the name Cambra?
- In Spain, the national register counted 2,079 people named Cambra, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Cambra compared with other names?
- In Paraguay, Cambra is the 676th most common surname of 30,328 surnames recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Cambra?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkæmbɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Cambra have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Cambra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cambra.
What do you want to know about Cambra?
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/cambraThe 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, “Cambra” — the 676th most common surname in Paraguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.