Piedra
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Piedra is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Costa Rica. Recorded meaning: stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks).
- Costa Rica (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 36 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Piedra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | — | 10K | — | — |
| EC Ecuador | — | 8.8K | — | 13 |
| US United States | — | 5.1K | — | 32 |
| ES Spain | — | 3.3K | — | 16 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1.6K | — | 1 |
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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INEC — civil registry names; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)
Piedra is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In osp, A piece of stone; a rock or pebble.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A hair disease caused by a fungus.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, piedra (hair disease)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Aragonese, stone
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Eugenio Rayneri Piedrab. 1883CUCuban architect
- Carlos Manuel Piedrab. 1895CUJudge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, appointed President of the Republic but not sworn in
- Rosario Ibarra de Piedrab. 1927MXMexican politician (1927–2022)
- Emiliano Piedrab. 1931ESSpanish film producer (1931–1991)
- Paloma Escolab. 1948ESnot in their usual nameSpanish dub actress
- Sergio Santanab. 1979MXnot in their usual nameMexican association football player and manager
- Jorge Piedrab. 1979USAmerican baseball player
- Bayron Piedrab. 1982ECEcuadorian athlete
- Antonio Piedrab. 1985ESSpanish road racing cyclist
- Rodrigo Cubab. 1992PEnot in their usual namePeruvian footballer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 10K | #159 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 8.8K | #485 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 8.8K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.1K | #6,644 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.9K | #6,609 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,607 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 3.3K | #1,545 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 3.3K | #1,545 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.6K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1995 | 152 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2012 | 149 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2011 | 148 | — |
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)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Piedra mean, and where does it come from?
- stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Piedra have the most bearers?
- Piedra is most frequently recorded in Costa Rica.
What do you want to know about Piedra?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/piedraThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Piedra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.