Despo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Desperate

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 114K(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 2.3M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 5.4M

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)

398 people

Sources
29 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 114K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Desperate.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Despo 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 Despo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina3981 in 114K398Despo29
US United States≈62 est.≈1 in 5.4MlistedDespo6
PH Philippines≈48 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Despo3
BR Brazil≈20 est.≈1 in 11M—Despo3
AU Australia≈2 est.≈1 in 10M3——

398 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). 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)

Despo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Greek given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Cyprus, Greece

    Also written Δεσπω, Δέσπω, Despō, Δεσπο

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Dèspö

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Despō

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Деспо

27 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Despo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—398—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Despo mean, and where does it come from?
Desperate. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Despo have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 398 people named Despo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled despo.
Where is Despo most common?
Despo is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 114 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Despo?
In Argentina, the national register counted 398 people named Despo, about 1 in 114 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, “Despo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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