Cuerva
surname · Spanish · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cuerva is a surname, most frequently recorded in Spain. It appears chiefly in Spanish and Catalan, written in the Latin script.
- ESSpain1 in 25K◐
- VEVenezuela1 in 104K
- ARArgentina1 in 466K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 8,399 | 79% |
| VE Venezuela | 820 | 8% |
| AR Argentina | 706 | 7% |
| US United States | 336 | 3% |
| FR France | 172 | 2% |
≈10,433 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
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Languages●
- Spanish8.4K79%
- Catalan1.6K15%
- English3413%
- French1722%
- German421%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | 8,433 | 79% |
| Catalan | 1,649 | 15% |
| English | 341 | 3% |
| French | 172 | 2% |
| German | 42 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1921 | 6 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1941 | 2 |
| 1951 | 8 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1991 | 7 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 8 years between 1921–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Manuel Artigasb. 1866PHnot in their usual nameHistorian and journalist (1866-1925)
- Jorge Ignacio García Cuervab. 1968ARRoman Catholic archbishop
- Gerardo Cuervab. 1971ESSpanish businessman
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●
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.6K | #2,851 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.6K | #2,851 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 82 | #73,426 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 5 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2 | — |
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 2026-09-06 data build · 20 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Cuerva?
- Our records include 10,433 bearers of Cuerva across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Cuerva have the most bearers?
- Cuerva is most frequently recorded in Spain.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cuerva”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.