Retuerto

surname · Latin script

Meaning: twisted

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

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

Retuerto is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 8.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 75K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 99K

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.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,700 people, est.

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

twisted

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Retuerto 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 Retuerto is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈3,700 est.≈1 in 8.6K—Retuerto55
PH Philippines≈1,100 est.≈1 in 99K—Retuerto16
ES Spain6641 in 75K664Retuerto74
AR Argentina881 in 517K88Retuerto25
BR Brazil≈80 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Retuerto7
CL Chile≈44 est.≈1 in 413K—Retuerto18

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Retuerto is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Peru

    Also written Rétuerto

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000José Bernardo Alzedo, b. 1788Muñequita Sally, b. 1969María Retuerto, b. 1981

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 Retuerto,Dear Retuerto, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Retuerto,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Retuerto
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—664#6,342
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—664#6,341
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—88—

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 Retuerto mean, and where does it come from?
twisted Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Retuerto?
A machine transcription gives /retweɾto/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Retuerto have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Retuerto in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled retuerto.
How common is the name Retuerto?
In Spain, the national register counted 664 people named Retuerto, about 1 in 75 thousand 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, “Retuerto”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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