Najera
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Nájera, Spain
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/naxeɾa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Najera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 49th most common surname.
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1.6K
- HNHonduras≈1 in 2.4K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 326 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
18,340 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Nájera, Spain
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Najera 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 18,340 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Najera | 326 |
| GT Guatemala | #49 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Najera | 59 |
| HN Honduras | #209 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Najera | 30 |
| CR Costa Rica | #196 | 3,226 | 1 in 1.6K | 3.2K | Najera | 38 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Najera | 37 |
| SV El Salvador | #307 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Najera | 23 |
18,340 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)
Najera is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
habitational name from Najera, a city in Logrono province.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Dora Villegas Nájerab. 1934MXMexican politician
- Rick Najerab. 1953USAmerican actor and film director
- Aurora Martínb. 1957ESnot in their usual nameSpanish archaeologist
- Tatiana Najerab. 1988COColombian model
- Marta Najerabotanist
- Nina Hinko-NajeraATresearcher
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 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 18K | #1,971 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 18K | #1,976 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 12K | #2,698 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 3.2K | #301 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Najera mean, and where does it come from?
- Nájera, Spain Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How do you pronounce Najera?
- A machine transcription gives /naxeɾa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Najera have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Najera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled najera.
- How common is the name Najera?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,340 people named Najera in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Najera compared with other names?
- In Guatemala, Najera is the 49th most common surname of 54,341 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, “Najera” — the 49th most common surname in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.