Fabila

surname · Latin script

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

/fabila/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 794K
  • UYUruguay1 in 7.2K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,800 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fabila 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 Fabila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈2,800 est.≈1 in 39K—Fabila25
UY Uruguay4701 in 7.2K470Fabila17
US United States4191 in 794K578Fabila91
PG Papua New Guinea≈150 est.≈1 in 49K1—2
CA Canada≈53 est.≈1 in 714K—Fabila6

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; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). 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)

Fabila is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fábila

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States

    Also written Fábila

35 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Fabila,Dear Fabila, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Fabila,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Fabila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020578#40,749
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—470—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010419#49,999
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000386#50,801
PG Papua New GuineaPNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)—1#35
US United Stateswru 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

How do you pronounce Fabila?
A machine transcription gives /fabila/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Fabila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Fabila in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fabila.
Where is Fabila most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fabila is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 7.2 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Fabila?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 470 people named Fabila, about 1 in 7.2 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, “Fabila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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