Garrote
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: metonymic occupational name for a crossbowman, from Sp. garrote stick, cudgel, also used of a wooden bolt fired from a crossbow and of the weapon itself (of uncertain, possibly Celt., origin)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡarote/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Garrote is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 12K(measured from records)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 46K
- ARArgentina1 in 61K
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.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Sources
- 127 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
4,323 people
Highest-authority source
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
metonymic occupational name for a crossbowman, from Sp. garrote stick, cudgel, also used of a wooden bolt fired from a crossbow and of the weapon itself (of uncertain, possibly Celt., origin).
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Garrote is read(measured from records)
Garrote 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.
- Spanish67%
metonymic occupational name for a crossbowman, from Sp. garrote stick, cudgel, also used of a wooden bolt fired from a crossbow and of the weapon itself (of uncertain, possibly Celt., origin).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
garrote (something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English19%
An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese6.9%
an iron necklace used for execution in Spain and Portugal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Garrote 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.
4,323 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Garrote 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 Galician, garrot used to limit the movement of an animal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, agrāk savāds nāves sods Spānijā un Kubā, nožņaugšana ar dzelzs riņķi
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Jesús Garrote Nogueirab. 1882ESSpanish politician
- Enio Hugo Garroteb. 1928ARArgentinian Esperantist
- Andrea Garroteb. 1972ARArgentine actress
- Sergio Garrote Muñozb. 1979ESSpanish para-cyclist
- Carlos Garroteb. 1991ESSpanish canoeist
- Pilar Garroteb. 1997ESSpanish association football player
- Nuria Garrote Camúnezb. 1997ESSpanish association football player
- Bartolomé Antonio GarroteESSpanish writer
- Graciela Liliana GarroteARresearcher
- Virginia GarroteARArgentinian librarian
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)
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 4.3K | #1,223 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 4.3K | #1,223 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 745 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 625 | #13,936 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 42 | — |
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 Garrote mean, and where does it come from?
- metonymic occupational name for a crossbowman, from Sp. garrote stick, cudgel, also used of a wooden bolt fired from a crossbow and of the weapon itself (of uncertain, possibly Celt., origin). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Garrote?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡarote/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Garrote?
- In the etymology graph, GaROte is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Garrote have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 4.3 thousand people named Garrote, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled garrote.
- Where is Garrote most common?
- Garrote is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Garrote?
- In Spain, the national register counted 4,323 people named Garrote, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/garroteThe 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, “Garrote”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.