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    The surname Arguello

    A Spanish surname, carried by 8,518 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A624

    Arguello: #4,160 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Arguello #4,160, 8,518 people Arguello: #4,160 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arguello #4,160, 8,518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arguello is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Argüello

    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 8,518 people named Arguello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,246 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,585.

    #4,160
    rank among US surnames
    8,518
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,900)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,156Wozniak8,52636,212
    #4,157Mosier8,52236,229
    #4,159Petrie8,52036,238
    #4,160Elliot8,51836,246

    Who is named Arguello

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

    91% of people named Arguello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Arguellos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Facundo Argüello
      Argentine tennis player, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arguello

    Arguello 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 Arguello come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Argüello
    How common is the surname Arguello?
    8,518 people in the United States had the surname Arguello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,246 Americans. It ranked 4,160th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arguello?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Arguello identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Arguello?
    Facundo Argüello, Argentine tennis player.
    Where is the surname Arguello most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arguello in Argentina.
    Is the surname Arguello getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,518 in 2010, up 29%.