# Aguilar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aguilar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 186,512 |
| US rank (2010) | 134 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (126,399 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aguilar. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aguilar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aguilar in the United States and Mexico.

## People named Aguilar

- Ángela Aguilar, American-Mexican singer (born 2003)
- Pete Aguilar, American politician (born 1979)
- Laura Aguilar, American photographer (1959-2018)
- Ali Aguilar, American softball player

## Similar surnames

Aguilera, Auclair, Aquilar, Aguillard, Axelrod.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.