Rago
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹɑɡoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rago is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Possibly derived from rage.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 28K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 159K
- ITItaly≈1 in 25K
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
- 252 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Possibly derived from rage.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rago 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 | — | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Rago | 40 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 25K | listed | Rago | 35 |
| US United States | — | 2,093 | 1 in 159K | 2.1K | Rago | 252 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1,168 | 1 in 39K | 1.2K | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 571 | 1 in 371K | 571 | — | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 97 | 1 in 35K | 97 | — | — |
| PR Puerto Rico | #700 | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Rago | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the xinhua-italian-manual register; 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rago 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 Yoruba, a species of brown goat or ram native to Hausaland
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, to cry, roar, bellow, low, troat, make noises
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, abbreviation of ragazzo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-oce-pro, to stick, adhere
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Michele Ragob. 1913ITAmerican writer (1913–2008)
- Danuta Ragob. 1934PLPolish photographer
- Margareth Ragob. 1948BRBrazilian feminist historian
- Pablo Ragob. 1972ARArgentine actor
- Joseph Ragob. 1983USwriter, columnist (1983-2017)
- Sara Ragob. 1984ITItalian economist (born 1984)
- Carmelo Ragob. 1986CACanadian soccer player
- Antonio Ragob. 1990CACanadian soccer player
- Yori Pongb. 1999PHnot in their usual nameFilipino actor
- Livia Ragoresearcher
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)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,266 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,299 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,401 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 571 | #15,119 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 97 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Rago mean, and where does it come from?
- Possibly derived from rage. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Rago?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑɡoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Rago have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.9 thousand people named Rago in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rago.
- How common is the name Rago?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,093 people named Rago in 2010, about 1 in 159 thousand residents.
- How common is Rago compared with other names?
- In Puerto Rico, Rago is the 700th most common surname of 8,205 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/ragoThe 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, “Rago” — the 700th most common surname in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.