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    The surname Aguirre

    A Spanish surname, carried by 79,517 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A260

    Aguirre: #401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Aguirre #401, 79,517 people Aguirre: #401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Aguirre #401, 79,517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aguirre is more common than 99.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

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

    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 79,517 people named Aguirre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,883 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 58,918.

    #401
    rank among US surnames
    79,517
    people in 2010
    27
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35%
    change since 2000 (was #508)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #392Klein81,4713,790
    #393Salinas81,1563,804
    #394Fuentes81,0063,811
    #395Baldwin80,7423,824
    #396Daniel80,5263,834
    #397Simon80,4603,837
    #398Velasquez80,3643,842

    Who is named Aguirre

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

    93% of people named Aguirre identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Aguirres

    17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1999
    • Alan Aguirre
      Argentine footballer, born 1993
    • Gastón Aguirre
      Argentine footballer, born 1981
    • Julián Aguirre
      Argentinian composer, pianist, conductor, musicologist and music educator (1868–1924)
    • Diego Aguirre
      Argentinian association football player, born 1993
    • Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán
      Anthropologist, 1908–1996

    Notable Aguirres come mostly from Argentina (10), the United States (4) and Spain (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Aguirre

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Aguirre come from?
    From Spanish Aguirre, from Basque ageri (“prominent”).
    How common is the surname Aguirre?
    79,517 people in the United States had the surname Aguirre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,883 Americans. It ranked 401st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aguirre?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Aguirre identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Aguirre?
    José Antonio Aguirre, Basque association football player and politician (1904–1960), followed by Mark Aguirre.
    Where is the surname Aguirre most common?
    Wikidata records people named Aguirre in Argentina, the United States and Spain and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Aguirre getting more or less common?
    More common. 58,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 79,517 in 2010, up 35%.