Manotas

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 93K
  • ESSpain1 in 165K

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.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
84 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est.

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.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Manotas 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 Manotas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia#922≈3,500 est.≈1 in 14K3Manotas84
PK Pakistan—≈730 est.≈1 in 322K—Manotas1
VE Venezuela—≈310 est.≈1 in 93K—Manotas14
ES Spain—3031 in 165K303Manotas53
BR Brazil—≈170 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Manotas6
PA Panama—≈7 est.≈1 in 576K—Manotas5

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: the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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).

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 Sr. Manotas,Dear Mr Manotas, (English)
InformalHola Manotas,Hi Manotas, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Manotas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—303#11,964
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—303#11,954
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—3#113

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Manotas?
A machine transcription gives /manotas/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Manotas have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Manotas in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manotas.
How common is the name Manotas?
In Spain, the national register counted 303 people named Manotas, about 1 in 165 thousand residents.
How common is Manotas compared with other names?
In Colombia, Manotas is the 922nd most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Manotas” — the 922nd most common surname in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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