Quema
surname · Latin script
Meaning: fire; flame
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Quema is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 201K(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 107K
- BOBolivia≈1 in 269K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 45 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 107K (inferred from the name graph)
≈540 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
fire; flame
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Quema 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Quema | 28 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 107K | — | Quema | 6 |
| US United States | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Quema | 45 |
| FR France | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 860K | 14 | — | 1 |
| CO Colombia | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 649K | — | Quema | 17 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 269K | — | Quema | 9 |
| ES Spain | 10 | 1 in 5M | 10 | Quema | 9 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Quema is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Asturian, third-person singular present indicative of quemar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nhe, when?
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 3 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 12 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10 | #120,154 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 3 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Quema mean, and where does it come from?
- fire; flame Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Quema have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 543 people named Quema in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled quema.
- How common is the name Quema?
- In Spain, the national register counted 10 people named Quema, about 1 in 5.0 million residents.
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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, “Quema”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.