Rabanal

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/raβanal/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rabanal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Rabanal. This surname is predominantly found in Peru and in the Philippines.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 25K
  • CLChile≈1 in 26K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,400 people, est.

Sources
155 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Spanish Rabanal. This surname is predominantly found in Peru and in the Philippines.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rabanal 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.

Where Rabanal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,400 est.≈1 in 187K—Rabanal2
PE Peru#981≈4,500 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Rabanal72
PH Philippines—≈4,400 est.≈1 in 25K—Rabanal46
ES Spain—1,7541 in 29K1.8KRabanal94
CL Chile—≈700 est.≈1 in 26K—Rabanal40
AR Argentina—3831 in 119K383Rabanal43

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); 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Francisco Rabanal, b. 1906Manuel de Rabanal Álvarez, b. 1914Rodolfo Rabanal, b. 1940Petronila Rabanal, b. 1944Raúl Canelo Rabanal, b. 1959Raquel Martínez Rabanal, b. 1979Jesús Rabanal, b. 1984Suu Rabanal, b. 1990Bárbara Briceño, b. 1996

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)

FormalEstimado/a Rabanal,Dear Rabanal, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Rabanal,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Rabanal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.8K#2,703
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.8K#2,703
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—383—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Rabanal mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Rabanal. This surname is predominantly found in Peru and in the Philippines. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Rabanal?
A machine transcription gives /raβanal/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Rabanal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.4 thousand people named Rabanal in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rabanal.
How common is the name Rabanal?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,754 people named Rabanal, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is Rabanal compared with other names?
In Peru, Rabanal is the 981st most common surname of 173,371 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, “Rabanal” — the 981st most common surname in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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