Hortal
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: synonym of huerto
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: INEC, 1993
/oɾtal/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hortal is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Spain.
- ESSpain
- ARArgentina
- CLChile
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)synonym of huerto
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Hortal is read
(measured from records)Hortal is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 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.
- Spanish72%
synonym of huerto
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Catalan12%
walled garden
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Hortal in English.
- French9.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Hortal in French.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)Recorded in:
- ESSpain
- ARArgentina
- PHPhilippines
- FRFrance
- CLChile
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Joan Matas Hortalb. 1826ESSpanish politician
- Jesus Hortalb. 1927ESSpanish Catholic priest
- María Hortalb. 1927UYUruguayan physician
- Lluís Collb. 1937ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer (1937–2008)
- Eulàlia Hortal i Bruguésb. 1941ESCatalan folklorist
- Pablo McClure Hortalb. 1955CLChilean painter
- Ana Rosa Quintanab. 1956ESnot in their usual nameSpanish journalist and television presenter
- Antonio Hortalb. 1988ESprofessional golfer
- Elena Planas HortalESprofessor
- Iban Hortal BotifollESSpanish politician
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)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.3K | #3,599 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #3,598 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 180 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 6 | — |
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 Hortal mean, and where does it come from?
- synonym of huerto Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Hortal?
- A machine transcription gives /oɾtal/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Hortal have the most bearers?
- Hortal is most frequently recorded in Spain.
What do you want to know about Hortal?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hortalThe 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, “Hortal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.