Venancio

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Venancio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Latín Venantius, de uenans/uenor: 'el que caza', 'cazador'.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 6.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 45K
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 2.7K

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)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
147 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Paraguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Spanish

Latín Venantius, de uenans/uenor: 'el que caza', 'cazador'.

Sources 1

  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Venancio 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 Venancio is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 6.3KlistedVenancio25
BR Brazil#6624,6591 in 45K6.2KVenancio147
PE Peru—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Venancio22
VE Venezuela—3,1911 in 9K3.2K—1
AR Argentina—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 17K545—1
PY Paraguay—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Venancio7
AO Angola#486≈2,100 est.≈1 in 15K1Venancio21
PA Panama—≈400 est.≈1 in 9.7K13——

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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. 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)

Venancio is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, Peru, United States

    Also written Venâncio, Venáncio, Venanció, Veñáncio, Venançio

  • English given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Venâncio, Venäncio, Venãncio, Venaencio, Venançio

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Peru, United States, Philippines

    Also written Venâncio, Vénancio, Vënancio

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Venâncio

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Spain, Italy

    Also written Venâncio, Vënänçïo

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Venâncio, Vênancio

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Qatar

    Also written Venâncio

  • Danish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Venâncio

44 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)

18001850190019502000Venancio Flores, b. 1808Juan Benanzio Arakistain, b. 1828Venancio Vallmitjana, b. 1830Venancio Bartibás, b. 1906Venancio Pérez García, b. 1921Venancio Muro, b. 1928Venancio Shinki, b. 1932Venancio Ramos, b. 1959David Venancio Muro, b. 1966Venancio José, b. 1976

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 49 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Venancio
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—101K#275
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—545—

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Venancio mean?
Recorded meaning: Latín Venantius, de uenans/uenor: 'el que caza', 'cazador'.
Is Venancio a male or female name?
Venancio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Venancio have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Venancio in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled venancio.
How common is the name Venancio?
In Brazil, the national register counted 4,659 people named Venancio in 2022, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
How common is Venancio compared with other names?
In Angola, Venancio is the 486th most common given name of 11,132 given names 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, “Venancio” — the 486th most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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