# Aguirre (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aguirre/  
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 [in turn from Basque] of Basque origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 79,517 |
| US rank (2010) | 401 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,883 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (58,918 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Aguirre, from Basque ageri (“prominent”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aguirre 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) | 5.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aguirre in Argentina, the United States, Spain, Bolivia and Mexico.

## People named Aguirre

- José Antonio Aguirre, Basque association football player and politician (1904–1960)
- Mark Aguirre, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Brian Aguirre, Argentinian association football player, born 2003
- Nataniel Aguirre, Bolivian lawyer, diplomat and politician (1843-1888
- Ramón Aguirre Suárez, Argentine association football player (1944-2013)
- Vicente Aguirre, association football player (1901-1990)
- Daniel Aguirre, American soccer player
- Alan Aguirre, Argentine footballer
- Gastón Aguirre, Argentine footballer
- Julián Aguirre, Argentinian composer, pianist, conductor, musicologist and music educator (1868–1924)
- Diego Aguirre, Argentinian association football player
- Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, anthropologist

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Aguiar, Aguero, Asher, Acker, Acree, Auger, Azar, Aker, Acharya, Asaro, Acero, Azure.

## 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.