Esparza
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Esparza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: inflection of esparcir:.
- CLChile≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 4.4K
- USUnited States1 in 7.8K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 402 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
42,559 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
inflection of esparcir:
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Esparza 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 42,559 | 1 in 7.8K | 43K | Esparza | 402 |
| CN China | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Esparza | 7 |
| CL Chile | #440 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Esparza | 84 |
| MZ Mozambique | #854 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Esparza | 1 |
| ES Spain | — | 4,963 | 1 in 10K | 5K | Esparza | 129 |
| EC Ecuador | #935 | 3,871 | 1 in 4.4K | 3.9K | Esparza | 43 |
| MX Mexico | #146 | — | — | 2.1K | Esparza | 210 |
42,559 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry 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)
Esparza is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, inflection of esparzir:
as a wordkaikki.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)
- Antero Flores Aráozb. 1942PEnot in their usual namePeruvian lawyer and politician
- Antonio Esparzab. 1962ESSpanish bicycle racer
- Raúl Esparzab. 1970USAmerican actor
- Alicia Villarrealb. 1971MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer
- Juan Ángel Esparzab. 1973MXMexican actor
- Felipe Esparzab. 1976MXMexican-American comedian and actor
- Audrey Esparzab. 1986USAmerican actress
- Carla Esparzab. 1987USAmerican mixed martial artist
- Marlen Esparzab. 1989USAmerican boxer
- Alexis Esparzab. 1993ARArgentine footballer
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 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 43K | #816 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 41K | #810 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 33K | #971 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 5K | #1,058 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 5K | #1,058 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 3.9K | #927 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 3.9K | — |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 2.1K | #180 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1998 | 73 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1993 | 72 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2010 | 70 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2005 | 66 | — |
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 Esparza mean, and where does it come from?
- inflection of esparcir: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Esparza have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 43 thousand people named Esparza, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled esparza.
- How common is the name Esparza?
- In the United States, the national register counted 42,559 people named Esparza in 2010, about 1 in 7.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Esparza compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Esparza is the 146th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Esparza?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/esparzaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Esparza” — the 146th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.