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The surname Aquino

A Spanish surname, carried by 25,783 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A250

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aquino is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 25,783 people named Aquino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,975 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,472.

#1,368
rank among US surnames
25,783
people in 2010
8.7
per 100,000 Americans
+39.6%
change since 2000 (was #1,781)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,359Rico25,95411,896
#1,360Bingham25,94111,902
#1,361Soriano25,91611,913
#1,362Sterling25,89411,923
#1,363Fonseca25,86311,938
#1,364Madrid25,85411,942
#1,365Emery25,83911,949

Who is named Aquino

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

55% of people named Aquino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 30%
  • White (not Hispanic) 12%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Aquinos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Amy Aquino
    American actress, born 1957
  • Claudio Aquino
    Argentine footballer journalist, born 1991

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Aquino

Aquino has the Soundex code A250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A250.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aquino come from?
Aquino is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Aquino?
25,783 people in the United States had the surname Aquino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,975 Americans. It ranked 1,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aquino?
In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Aquino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Aquino?
Amy Aquino, American actress, followed by Claudio Aquino.
Where is the surname Aquino most common?
Wikidata records people named Aquino in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Aquino getting more or less common?
More common. 18,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,783 in 2010, up 40%.