How common is the surname Argueta?

17,540 people in the United States had the surname Argueta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,602 Americans. It ranked 2,054th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Argueta getting more or less common?

More common. 9,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,540 in 2010, up 80%.

The surname Argueta

A Spanish surname, carried by 17,540 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Argueta is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Argueta, itself of Basque origin.

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 17,540 people named Argueta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,602 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,738.

#2,054

rank among US surnames

17,540

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+80.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,045	Cornejo	17,591	17,551
#2,046	O'Malley	17,588	17,554
#2,047	Albrecht	17,581	17,561
#2,048	Mallory	17,578	17,564
#2,049	Cavanaugh	17,577	17,565
#2,050	Jaimes	17,573	17,569
#2,051	Culver	17,566	17,576

Who is named Argueta

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

96% of people named Argueta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Argueta

Arquette

Argueta has the Soundex code A623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A623.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Argueta come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Argueta, itself of Basque origin.
How common is the surname Argueta?: 17,540 people in the United States had the surname Argueta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,602 Americans. It ranked 2,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Argueta?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Argueta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Argueta getting more or less common?: More common. 9,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,540 in 2010, up 80%.