Correa

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Corrêa in BR Brazil.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

How Correa is read●(measured from records)

Correa is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.

• Spanish49%

  belt, rein, shoelace (L corrigia fastening, from corrigere to straighten, order, correct). The surname could have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of any of these articles, or as a nickname for a strong or patient person. Cosgrove i. English: habitation name from a place in

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  belt, band, leash

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Portuguese39%

  a surname, common in Brazil

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English6.9%

  Perhaps ‘maker of straps, belts, and similar fastenings’, from Spanish correa.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

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

• English surname23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Corrêa, Corréa, Cörrëä, Côrrea, Corręa

• a separate name9 spellings in the group

  Also written Côrrea, Corrěa, Corrëa, Correâ, Corrêa

• Catalan surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina

  Also written Corrêa

• Lao surname22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Peru, Chile, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Corriere, คอร์เรีย, Corrêa, Córréá, Correâ

• Hindi surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Corrêa, Correá, Čôrrêä, Corręa, Côrrea

81 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)

Correa is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, female equivalent of correo (“accomplice”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Filipino, a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], common in Bulacan, Metro Manila and Nueva Ecija

  as a word·kaikki.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)

• Charles Correab. 1930INIndian architect and urban planner (1930–2015)
• Emilio Correab. 1953CUCuban boxer (1953–2024)
• Lou Correab. 1958USAmerican politician in California (born 1958)
• Rafael Correab. 1963ECPresident of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
• Carolina Gómezb. 1975COnot in their usual nameColombian actress
• Bruno Correab. 1986BRBrazilian association football player
• Caio Canedo Corrêab. 1990BRBrazilian and Emirati association football player
• Camilob. 1994COnot in their usual nameColombian singer
• Carlos Correab. 1994USPuerto Rican professional baseball player
• Ángel Correab. 1995ARArgentine 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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Correa come from?

Perhaps ‘maker of straps, belts, and similar fastenings’, from Spanish correa. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Correa?

A machine transcription gives /korea/ (IPA) for Spanish.

What does the name Correa mean?

In Spanish, belt, rein, shoelace (L corrigia fastening, from corrigere to straighten, order, correct).

What are other forms of the name Correa?

In the etymology graph, Correia is a form of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Correa have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 581 thousand people named Correa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled corrêa.

Where is Correa most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Correa is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 68 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Correa?

In Brazil, the national register counted 580,641 people named Correa, about 1 in 365 residents.

How common is Correa compared with other names?

In Uruguay, Correa is the 13th most common surname of 57,630 surnames recorded there.