Talavera
surname · Latin script
Meaning: places, in the provinces of Badajoz, Caceres, Lerida, and Toledo, all of which seem to be so called from the (attested) pre-Roman personal name Talavus, Talevus + the L local suffix -aria-, cf
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/talabɛra/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Talavera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nicaragua than in any other country, where it is the 65th most common surname.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 494(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 953
- HNHonduras≈1 in 4.8K
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.
- Nicaragua (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 277 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 494 (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
places, in the provinces of Badajoz, Caceres, Lerida, and Toledo, all of which seem to be so called from the (attested) pre-Roman personal name Talavus, Talevus + the L local suffix -aria-, cf. TAvares.
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Talavera 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NI Nicaragua | #65 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 494 | — | Talavera | 36 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Talavera | 60 |
| ES Spain | #534 | 7,823 | 1 in 6.4K | 7.8K | Talavera | 134 |
| US United States | — | 7,777 | 1 in 43K | 7.8K | Talavera | 277 |
| PY Paraguay | #176 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 953 | — | Talavera | 51 |
| PE Peru | #842 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Talavera | 74 |
| HN Honduras | #294 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Talavera | 20 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 1,289 | 1 in 4K | 1.3K | — | 30 |
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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)
Talavera 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 Spanish, Talavera (pottery)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Talavera de la Reyna, Spain
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
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)
- Luis Altamiranob. 1867CLnot in their usual nameChilean military officer (1867–1938)
- Juan Talavera y Herediab. 1880ESSpanish architect (1880-1960)
- Mario Talaverab. 1885MXMexican musician (1885-1960)
- Francisco Ibáñez Talaverab. 1936ESSpanish artist (1936–2023)
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talaverab. 1942CLChilean politician (1942–2024)
- Juan Andrés Fontaine Talaverab. 1954CLChilean Minister for the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction
- Gustavo Fuertes Talaverab. 1959ESSpanish film director
- Jordi Sebastià i Talaverab. 1966ESSpanish politician
- Tracee Talaverab. 1966USgymnast
- Alfredo Talaverab. 1982MXMexican association football player
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 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 7.8K | #705 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7.8K | #705 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.8K | #4,559 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.5K | #4,564 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.6K | #5,670 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1.3K | #430 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Talavera mean, and where does it come from?
- places, in the provinces of Badajoz, Caceres, Lerida, and Toledo, all of which seem to be so called from the (attested) pre-Roman personal name Talavus, Talevus + the L local suffix -aria-, cf. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Talavera?
- A machine transcription gives /talabɛra/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Talavera have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Talavera in Nicaragua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled talavera.
- How common is the name Talavera?
- In Spain, the national register counted 7,823 people named Talavera, about 1 in 6.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Talavera compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Talavera is the 65th most common surname of 5,756 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/talaveraThe 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, “Talavera” — the 65th most common surname in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.