# Dominguez (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dominguez/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 119,304 |
| US rank (2010) | 254 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,588 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (83,731 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Domínguez.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dominguez in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dominguez in Argentina and France.

## People named Dominguez

- Alejandro Domínguez, Argentine association football player
- Rogelio Domínguez, Argentine footballer (1931-2004)
- Federico Domínguez, Argentine footballer
- Marcelo Domínguez, Argentine boxer
- Jorge Carlos Domínguez, Argentine footballer (1959–2023)
- Carlos María Domínguez, Argentine writer
- Luis L. Domínguez, 19th-century Argentine politician/writer/historian (1819-1898)
- Diego Domínguez, Argentine-born rugby union player for Italy
- Virginia Luque, Argentine tango singer and actress (1927-2014)

## Similar surnames

Domingues, Dominquez, Domingo, Dominick, Domingue, Dominique, Dominic, Downing, Dunning, Denning, Deming, Domenech.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.