Ces

surname · Latin script

Meaning: masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

/ˈses/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary

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Ces is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

  • UYUruguay1 in 32K(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 64K
  • ARArgentina1 in 170K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

779 people

Record sources
105 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Ces 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 Ces is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain7791 in 64K779Ces13
AR Argentina2681 in 170K268—1
UY Uruguay1051 in 32K105——
BR Brazil741 in 2.9M74—1
CH Switzerland51 in 1.7M5—3

779 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); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Ces is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Cēṣ, Čes, Cés, Cès

  • Turkish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Ceş, Çeş, Çes, Çĕş, Çéş

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Čes, Ćes, Češ, Cés

44 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.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Ces is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Czech.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Welsh, first-person singular preterite of cael

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, C flat

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Krasta stacija (angļu "Coast Earth Station")

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, skaņas "do bemol" apzīmējums burtu notācijā

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalEstimado Sr. Ces,Dear Mr Ces, (English)
InformalHola Ces,Hi Ces, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Ces
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—779#5,518
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—779#5,517
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—268—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—105—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—74#79,169
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20245#101,952

Reference works 1

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 Ces mean, and where does it come from?
masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ces?
It depends on the language: in Spanish /ˈses/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /seʃ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Ces have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 779 people named Ces, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ces.
Where is Ces most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ces is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 32 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ces?
In Spain, the national register counted 779 people named Ces, about 1 in 64 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, “Ces”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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