DelaVega
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/deɪɫɑˈveɪɡə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
DelaVega is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censu.
- USUnited States1 in 99K(measured from records)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 177K
- UYUruguay1 in 7.3K
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.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- Sources
- 188 (measured from records)
- 1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
6,090 people
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled De-La-Vega in ES Spain.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censuses).
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
DelaVega 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | — | 6,090 | 1 in 7.5K | 6.1K | DelaVega | 15 |
| ES Spain | — | 4,847 | 1 in 10K | 4.8K | De-La-Vega | 16 |
| US United States | — | 3,360 | 1 in 99K | 3.4K | DelaVega | 188 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 177K | — | DelaVega | 23 |
| FR France | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 119K | 20 | DelaVega | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 464 | 1 in 7.3K | 464 | — | 5 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #897 | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | DelaVega | 2 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | DelaVega | 1 |
6,090 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national), counting the spelling de la vega. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.4K | #9,158 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.4K | #9,661 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.7K | #10,990 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 27 | — |
| 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 DelaVega mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censu… Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce DelaVega?
- A machine transcription gives /deɪɫɑˈveɪɡə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does DelaVega have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 6.1 thousand people named DelaVega, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled DelaVega.
- Where is DelaVega most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, DelaVega is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 7.3 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name DelaVega?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 6,090 people named DelaVega, about 1 in 7.5 thousand residents.
- How common is DelaVega compared with other names?
- In Puerto Rico, DelaVega is the 897th most common surname of 8,205 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/delavegaThe 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, “DelaVega” — the 897th most common surname in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.