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    The surname Aguiar

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 8,390 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A260

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aguiar is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Aguiar.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,390 people named Aguiar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,799 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,027.

    #4,227
    rank among US surnames
    8,390
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,616)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,224Rausch8,39836,764
    #4,225Dion8,39536,777
    #4,226Cade8,39136,795
    #4,227Aguiar8,39036,799

    Who is named Aguiar

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    48% of people named Aguiar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 48% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48%
    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Aguiars

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mayra Aguiar
      Brazilian judoka, born 1991
    • Fábio Aguiar
      Brazilian association football player, born 1989
    • Manoel de Aguiar Fagundes
      Brazilian footballer (1907-1953)
    • Rubén Aguiar
      Argentine distance runner, born 1956
    • Glenn McMillan
      Brasilian-Australian actor, born 1984

    Notable Aguiars come mostly from Brazil (3), Argentina (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Aguiar

    Aguiar has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Aguiar come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Aguiar.
    How common is the surname Aguiar?
    8,390 people in the United States had the surname Aguiar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,799 Americans. It ranked 4,227th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aguiar?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Aguiar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 48% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Aguiar?
    Mayra Aguiar, Brazilian judoka, followed by Fábio Aguiar.
    Where is the surname Aguiar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Aguiar in Brazil, Argentina and Australia.
    Is the surname Aguiar getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,390 in 2010, up 19%.