How common is the surname Aguilera?

31,581 people in the United States had the surname Aguilera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,776 Americans. It ranked 1,109th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Aguilera?

Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter and actress, followed by Emanuel Aguilera.

Where is the surname Aguilera most common?

Wikidata records people named Aguilera in Argentina and the United States.

How do you pronounce Aguilera?

Aguilera is /æɡɪˈlɛəɹə/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Aguilera getting more or less common?

More common. 21,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,581 in 2010, up 46%.

The surname Aguilera

A surname, carried by 31,581 people in the United States.

Pronounced /æɡɪˈlɛəɹə/ 4 syllables Soundex A246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aguilera is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

From Spanish.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,581 people named Aguilera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,776 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,685.

#1,109

rank among US surnames

31,581

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+45.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,100	Gorman	31,788	9,713
#1,101	Katz	31,780	9,715
#1,102	Kuhn	31,776	9,716
#1,103	Noel	31,768	9,719
#1,104	Valle	31,716	9,735
#1,105	Marino	31,687	9,744
#1,106	Hong	31,670	9,749

Who is named Aguilera

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

95% of people named Aguilera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Aguileras

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christina Aguilera
American singer, songwriter and actress, born 1980
Emanuel Aguilera
Argentinian association football player, born 1989
Luis Aguilé
Argentine singer, songwriter and actor (1936–2009)

Notable Aguileras come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aguilera

Aguilera has the Soundex code A246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A246.

Questions

Where does the surname Aguilera come from?: From Spanish.
How common is the surname Aguilera?: 31,581 people in the United States had the surname Aguilera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,776 Americans. It ranked 1,109th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aguilera?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Aguilera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Aguilera?: Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter and actress, followed by Emanuel Aguilera.
Where is the surname Aguilera most common?: Wikidata records people named Aguilera in Argentina and the United States.
How do you pronounce Aguilera?: Aguilera is /æɡɪˈlɛəɹə/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Aguilera getting more or less common?: More common. 21,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,581 in 2010, up 46%.