Coimbra
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Coimbra is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: province of Beira, first recorded in the form Colimhria, from Celt.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 3.3K
- UYUruguay1 in 2.4K
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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 163 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)
64,589 people
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Coímbra in BO Bolivia.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
province of Beira, first recorded in the form Colimhria, from Celt. Conimbriga, apparently a cpd of con height (cf. Conan i) + briga hill, fortress (cf. Bryan). Dim.: Coeuret. Coindat see Quant Coey see Cowie Coke see Cook
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Coimbra 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 64,589 | 1 in 3.3K | 65K | Coimbra | 163 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Coímbra | 33 |
| AO Angola | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | 1 | Coimbra | 21 |
| PT Portugal | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Coimbra | 100 |
| MZ Mozambique | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Coimbra | 8 |
| UY Uruguay | 1,394 | 1 in 2.4K | 1.4K | — | 22 |
64,589 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)
Coimbra is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, province of Beira, first recorded in the form Colimbria, from Celt. Conimbtiga, apparently a cpd of con height (cf. Conan i) + briga hill, fortress (cf. Bryan).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In Portuguese, Coimbra (a district in central Portugal)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, district, Portugal
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
- Estácio Coimbrab. 1872BRBrazilian politician (1872-1937)
- Carlos Coimbrab. 1927BRFilm editor, Film director, Screenwriter
- Eduardo Antunes Coimbrab. 1947BRBrazilian association football player and manager
- Zicob. 1953BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player and manager
- Rolando Coimbrab. 1960BOBolivian association football player
- Herlander Coimbrab. 1968AOAngolan basketball player (born 1968)
- Fernando Coimbrab. 1976BRBrazilian screenwriter and film director
- Arthur Antunes Coimbra Juniorb. 1977BRBrazilian association football player
- Érika Coimbrab. 1980BRBrazilian volleyball player
- Cristian Coimbrab. 1988BOBolivian association football 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 65K | #374 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.4K | — |
| AO Angola | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #177 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name Coimbra come from?
- province of Beira, first recorded in the form Colimhria, from Celt. Conimbriga, apparently a cpd of con height (cf. Conan i) + briga hill, fortress (cf. Bryan). Dim.: Coeuret. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- What does the name Coimbra mean?
- Recorded meaning: province of Beira, first recorded in the form Colimhria, from Celt.
- In which country does Coimbra have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 65 thousand people named Coimbra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled coimbra.
- Where is Coimbra most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Coimbra is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 2.4 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Coimbra?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 64,589 people named Coimbra, about 1 in 3.3 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, “Coimbra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.