# Hidalgo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hidalgo/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,134 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,556 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,346 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (16,824 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo (“son of something”). The Mexican state is named after independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hidalgo 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) | 9.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hidalgo in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Hidalgo

- David Hidalgo, American musician
- Laura Hidalgo, Argentinian actress (1927–2005)
- Bode Hidalgo, American soccer player
- Edward Hidalgo, American politician (1912-1995)

## Similar surnames

Huddleston, Hadlock.

## 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.