Zarraga

Name: Zarraga: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/θaraɣa/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Zarraga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Zárraga, a surname of Basque origin.

VEVenezuela≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
MXMexico≈1 in 34K
ESSpain1 in 52K

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.

: Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 127 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

Borrowed from Spanish Zárraga, a surname of Basque origin.

Cited for this meaning 1

Wiktionary

Where in the world

Zarraga 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 Zarraga is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
VE Venezuela	#442	≈9,200 est.	≈1 in 3.1K	—	Zarraga	42
MX Mexico	—	≈3,800 est.	≈1 in 34K	40	Zarraga	81
PH Philippines	—	≈1,300 est.	≈1 in 88K	—	Zarraga	26
ES Spain	—	960	1 in 52K	960	Zarraga	79
US United States	—	577	1 in 576K	607	Zarraga	127
UY Uruguay	—	56	1 in 60K	56	—	2

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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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 names spelled this way

Zarraga is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Spain
Languages: English, German, Dutch
Also written Zárraga
French surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain
Also written Zárraga
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Zárraga
Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian, Malay
Also written Zárraga
Bulgarian surname6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States
Also written Zárraga
Italian surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Philippines, United States
Also written Zárraga

26 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

Miguel de Zárraga Hernándezb. 1883ES(1883-1941)
Ángel Zárragab. 1886MXMexican painter (1886-1946)
Pedro Apellanizb. 1924ESnot in their usual nameBasque athlete
Shawn Zarragab. 1989NLAruban baseball player (1989-)

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

FormalEstimado/a Zarraga,Dear Zarraga, (English)

InformalEstimado/a Zarraga,Hello, (English)

Evidence

14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Zarraga
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	960	#4,556
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	960	#4,556
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	607	#39,170
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	577	#38,389
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	345	#55,609
UY Uruguay	INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)	—	56	—
MX Mexico	RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)	—	40	#3,047
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

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.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zarraga mean, and where does it come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Zárraga, a surname of Basque origin. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Zarraga?: In Spanish /θaraɣa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Zarraga have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 9.2 thousand people named Zarraga in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zarraga.
How common is the name Zarraga?: In Spain, the national register counted 960 people named Zarraga, about 1 in 52 thousand residents.
How common is Zarraga compared with other names?: In Venezuela, Zarraga is the 442nd most common surname of 83,461 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 2026-10-13 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, “Zarraga” — the 442nd most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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