Iglesias

• Spanish:/iˈɡlesjas/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Iglesias is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish74%

  habitational name from a place called Iglesias (from the plural of iglesia ‘church’), in particular the one in Burgos province.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• English12%

  ‘person from Iglesias’, Spain (‘churches’)

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  Julio, entertainer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Iglesias is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname15 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Iglésias, Iglêsias, Iglesîâs

• a separate name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Igleśias, Iglesia-S, Iglésias, Iglèsias, Iglésías

• Russian surname13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Spain, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Иглесиас, Іглесіас, Yglesias, Иглезиас, Iglésias

60 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.

• Julio Iglesiasb. 1943ESSpanish singer and lawyer (born 1943)
• Enrique Iglesiasb. 1975ESSpanish singer, songwriter and producer (born 1975)
• Nachob. 1990ESnot in their usual nameSpanish 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).

36 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 21 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Iglesias come from?

‘person from Iglesias’, Spain (‘churches’) Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Iglesias?

In Spanish /iˈɡlesjas/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Iglesias mean?

In Spanish, habitational name from a place called Iglesias (from the plural of iglesia ‘church’), in particular the one in Burgos province.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Iglesias?

In Spain, the national register counted about 86 thousand people named Iglesias, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled iglesias. After it come Argentina, Mexico, United States and Uruguay; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Iglesias most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Iglesias is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 449 people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Iglesias?

In Spain, the national register counted 86,084 people named Iglesias, about 1 in 581 residents.

How common is Iglesias compared with other names?

In Spain, Iglesias is the 51st most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.