How common is the surname Arguelles?

4,837 people in the United States had the surname Arguelles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,830 Americans. It ranked 6,932nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Arguelles?

José Argüelles, American author and artist (1939-2011).

Where is the surname Arguelles most common?

Wikidata records people named Arguelles in the United States.

Is the surname Arguelles getting more or less common?

More common. 3,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,837 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Arguelles

A Spanish surname, carried by 4,837 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arguelles is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Anglicization of Spanish Argüelles.

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 4,837 people named Arguelles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,830 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,475.

#6,932

rank among US surnames

4,837

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+39.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,705)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,926	Neary	4,844	63,738
#6,928	Borg	4,843	63,751
#6,930	Fordham	4,838	63,817
#6,932	Arguelles	4,837	63,830
#6,933	Holler	4,836	63,843
#6,935	Whiteley	4,834	63,870

Who is named Arguelles

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

82% of people named Arguelles identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.7%
White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Arguelless

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

José Argüelles
American author and artist (1939-2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arguelles

Arguello

Arguelles has the Soundex code A624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A624.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arguelles come from?: Anglicization of Spanish Argüelles.
How common is the surname Arguelles?: 4,837 people in the United States had the surname Arguelles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,830 Americans. It ranked 6,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arguelles?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Arguelles identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Arguelles?: José Argüelles, American author and artist (1939-2011).
Where is the surname Arguelles most common?: Wikidata records people named Arguelles in the United States.
Is the surname Arguelles getting more or less common?: More common. 3,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,837 in 2010, up 39%.