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The surname Aragon

A Spanish surname, carried by 25,801 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛɹəɡɑn/ 3 syllables Soundex A625

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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). Aragon is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Aragón.

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 25,801 people named Aragon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,966 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,723.

#1,367
rank among US surnames
25,801
people in 2010
8.8
per 100,000 Americans
+24.5%
change since 2000 (was #1,588)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,358Fraser25,96111,893
#1,359Rico25,95411,896
#1,360Bingham25,94111,902
#1,361Soriano25,91611,913
#1,362Sterling25,89411,923
#1,363Fonseca25,86311,938
#1,364Madrid25,85411,942

Who is named Aragon

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

84% of people named Aragon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
  • White (not Hispanic) 10%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Aragons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Lorenzo Aragón
    Boxer, born 1974
  • Cecilia R. Aragon
    American academic, computer scientist and aerobatic pilot, born 1960
  • Mary Allen Wilkes
    American computer scientist, born 1937

Notable Aragons come mostly from the United States (2) and Cuba (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aragon

Aragon has the Soundex code A625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A625.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aragon come from?
From Spanish Aragón.
How common is the surname Aragon?
25,801 people in the United States had the surname Aragon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,966 Americans. It ranked 1,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aragon?
In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Aragon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Aragon?
Lorenzo Aragón, boxer, followed by Cecilia R. Aragon.
Where is the surname Aragon most common?
Wikidata records people named Aragon in the United States and Cuba.
How do you pronounce Aragon?
Aragon is /ˈɛɹəɡɑn/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Aragon getting more or less common?
More common. 20,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,801 in 2010, up 25%.