Quesada

surname · Latin script

Meaning: province of Jaen, of uncertain etymology

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 22 countries · latest register: INEC, 2024

/keˈsa.ð̞a/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary

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Quesada is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Costa Rica it is the 8th most common surname.

  • CRCosta Rica1 in 77(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 2.3K
  • UYUruguay1 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). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Quesada itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈74,000 named Quezada, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
346 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 77 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
QuezadaLatin(measured from records)
КесадаCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Quezada in MX Mexico, CL Chile, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

province of Jaen, of uncertain etymology. There may be some connection with OSp. requexada corner, tight spot, apparently a deriv. of quexar to afflict, oppress (L quassare to shake, break, frequentative of quatere to shake). Quesnay see Quene

Cited for this meaning 1

  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Quesada is found

(measured from records)

Quesada 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 Quesada is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico#224≈74,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K1.3KQuezada206
CR Costa Rica#866,0571 in 7766KQuesada132
CL Chile#108≈37,000 est.≈1 in 536—Quezada132
EC Ecuador#11525,830as Quezada1 in 65426KQuezada72
US United States—25,752as Quezada1 in 13K26KQuezada346
DO Dominican Republic#64≈23,000 est.≈1 in 487—Quezada67
NI Nicaragua#193≈4,500 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Quezada33

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); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC — civil registry 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 names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Quesada is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Qűêsădå

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Philippines

    Also written Quésada

47 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)
194019601980Vicente Fox, b. 1942Amparo Muñoz, b. 1954Carlos Alvarado Quesada, b. 1980

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)
FormalEstimado/a Quesada,Dear Quesada, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Quesada,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 22 countries.

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Quesada come from?
province of Jaen, of uncertain etymology. There may be some connection with OSp. requexada corner, tight spot, apparently a deriv. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
How do you pronounce Quesada?
In Spanish /keˈsa.ð̞a/ (Wiktionary).
What does the name Quesada mean?
Recorded meaning: province of Jaen, of uncertain etymology.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Quesada?
Mondonomo estimates about 74 thousand people named Quezada in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Quesada most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Quesada is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 77 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Quesada?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 66,057 people named Quesada, about 1 in 77 residents.
How common is Quesada compared with other names?
In Mexico, Quesada is the 224th most common surname of 206,803 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 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, “Quesada” — the 224th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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