Primero
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Primero is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Mexico. Recorded meaning: From Spanish primera, from primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.
- MXMexico
- PYParaguay
- BOBolivia
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.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 116 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Spanishprimera(measured from records)
- Spanish rootprimero“first”(measured from records)
- Latinprīmārius(measured from records)
From Spanish primera, from primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.
Sources 1
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Primero counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Primero 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 English, An card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, masculine of primera
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, neuter of primeru
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 688 | #35,272 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 629 | #35,721 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 372 | #52,403 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 229 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 70 | #35,254 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 70 | #35,173 |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 30 | #3,490 |
| 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 Primero mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish primera, from primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Primero have the most bearers?
- Primero is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled primero.
What do you want to know about Primero?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/primeroThe 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, “Primero”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.