Orejuela
surname · Latin script
Meaning: the earlike handle of a tray, bowl or other such utensil
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/oɾexwela/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Orejuela is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.
- COColombia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 37K
- ESSpain1 in 38K
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)
- Record sources
- 120 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Colombia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)the earlike handle of a tray, bowl or other such utensil
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Orejuela 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #809 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 1 | Orejuela | 82 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,316 | 1 in 38K | 1.3K | Orejuela | 76 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Orejuela | 41 |
| US United States | — | 377 | 1 in 882K | 386 | Orejuela | 120 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 107K | — | Orejuela | 13 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 17 | 1 in 199K | 17 | — | 4 |
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); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- José de Obaldíab. 1806COnot in their usual nameVice President of Colombia (1806–1889)
- Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuelab. 1939COColombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel (1939–2022)
- Miguel Rodríguez Orejuelab. 1943COColombian drug trafficker
- Tamara Orejuelab. 1953ECEcuadorian swimmer
- Antonio Orejuelab. 1960ESSpanish footballer
- Diego Orejuelab. 1962ESSpanish footballer who played as a midfielder (1962–2024)
- Patricia Rodríguezb. 1970COnot in their usual nameColombian sprinter
- Carlos Orejuelab. 1980PEPeruvian footballer
- Yuri Alvearb. 1986COnot in their usual nameColombian judoka
- Luis Manuel Orejuelab. 1995COColombian association football player
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)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.3K | #3,477 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #3,477 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 386 | #57,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 377 | #54,637 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 259 | #70,473 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 17 | — |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 1 | #115 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 Orejuela mean, and where does it come from?
- the earlike handle of a tray, bowl or other such utensil Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Orejuela?
- A machine transcription gives /oɾexwela/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Orejuela have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Orejuela in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orejuela.
- How common is the name Orejuela?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,316 people named Orejuela, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
- How common is Orejuela compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Orejuela is the 809th most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/orejuelaThe 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, “Orejuela” — the 809th most common surname in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.