Ginesta

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 53K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 130K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 420K

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)

937 people

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 53K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ginesta 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 Ginesta is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain9371 in 53K937Ginesta79
FR France≈140 est.≈1 in 490K14Ginesta98
AR Argentina721 in 632K72Ginesta30
US United States≈49 est.≈1 in 6.8MlistedGinesta30
UY Uruguay261 in 130K26Ginesta4
CH Switzerland201 in 420K20Ginesta9

937 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); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Ginesta is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ginestà, Ginestá, Ginestã

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ginestà, Ginestá

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Also written Ginestá

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Also written Ginestà, Ginestã

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Also written Ginestá

25 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)

194019601980Georges Ginesta, b. 1942Montserrat Ginesta i Clavell, b. 1952Josep Ginesta i Vicente, b. 1968Susanna Ginesta Coll, b. 1974

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)

FormalEstimada Sra. Ginesta,Dear Ms Ginesta, (English)
InformalHola Ginesta,Hi Ginesta, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Ginesta
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—937#4,682
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—937#4,680
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—72—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194133—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—26—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195122—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202420#36,564
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191114—

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Ginesta mean, and where does it come from?
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ginesta?
A machine transcription gives /xinesta/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Ginesta have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 937 people named Ginesta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ginesta.
Where is Ginesta most common?
Ginesta is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 53 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ginesta?
In Spain, the national register counted 937 people named Ginesta, about 1 in 53 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, “Ginesta”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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