Altamirano
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Altamira, España
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/alt̪amiɾano/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Altamirano is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 39th most common surname.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 331(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 939
- ECEcuador1 in 1.2K
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.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- Sources
- 305 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 331 (inferred from the name graph)
48,458 people
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Altamira, España
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Altamirano 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #155 | 48,458 | 1 in 939 | 48K | Altamirano | 101 |
| PE Peru | #184 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Altamirano | 89 |
| NI Nicaragua | #39 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 331 | — | Altamirano | 51 |
| EC Ecuador | #214 | 14,570 | 1 in 1.2K | 15K | Altamirano | 69 |
| US United States | — | 12,296 | 1 in 27K | 12K | Altamirano | 305 |
| CR Costa Rica | #180 | 4,018 | 1 in 1.3K | 4K | Altamirano | 66 |
48,458 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INEC — civil registry names; 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)
Altamirano is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, pilsēta Meksikā (Altamirano), Gerrero pavalsts ziemeļrietumu daļā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Ignacio Manuel Altamiranob. 1834MXMexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834-1893)
- Eulogio Altamirano Aracenab. 1835CLChilean politician (1835-1903)
- Luis Altamiranob. 1867CLChilean military officer (1867–1938)
- José María Arguedasb. 1911PEnot in their usual namePeruvian writer (1911–1969)
- Carlos Altamiranob. 1922CLChilean lawyer (1922-2019)
- Ligorio Lópezb. 1933MXnot in their usual nameMexican footballer (1933-1993)
- Ricardo Altamiranob. 1965ARArgentine footballer
- Héctor Altamiranob. 1977MXMexican footballer and manager
- Oscar Altamiranob. 1984ARArgentine footballer
- Collin Altamiranob. 1995USAmerican tennis 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 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 48K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 15K | #299 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 15K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #2,915 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 12K | #3,010 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.2K | #3,979 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 4K | #275 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2011 | 240 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1998 | 230 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1966 | 230 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2008 | 227 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1995 | 226 | — |
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 Altamirano mean, and where does it come from?
- Altamira, España Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How do you pronounce Altamirano?
- A machine transcription gives /alt̪amiɾano/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Altamirano have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 48 thousand people named Altamirano, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled altamirano.
- How common is the name Altamirano?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 48,458 people named Altamirano, about 1 in 939 residents.
- How common is Altamirano compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Altamirano is the 155th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/altamiranoThe 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, “Altamirano” — the 155th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.