The surname Aguinaga
A Spanish place surname, carried by 4,818 people in the United States.
5 syllables Soundex A252
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Aguinaga, a habitational surname of Basque origin, from hagin (“yew”) + the suffix -aga.
Aguinaga is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,818 people named Aguinaga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,395.
Who is named Aguinaga
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Aguinaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Aguinaga come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Aguinaga, a habitational surname of Basque origin, from hagin (“yew”) + the suffix -aga.
- How common is the surname Aguinaga?
- 4,818 people in the United States had the surname Aguinaga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. It ranked 6,961st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Aguinaga?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Aguinaga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Aguinaga?
- Aguinaga is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Aguinaga getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,818 in 2010, up 42%.