# Laguardia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laguardia/  
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 Italian [in turn from Sicilian].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,469 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (1,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Guardia |

## Etymology

From Romance languages * From Spanish Laguardia, from guardia (“guard”) * From Italian Laguardia, from Sicilian La Guardia (“the guard”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laguardia 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) | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 10% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Laguardia in the United States.

## People named Laguardia

- Fiorello H. La Guardia, American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City (1934–45)

## Similar surnames

Lagarde, Lockhart, Lockard, Lessard, Lockridge, Lizardo, Lizardi, Lacerda, Lazarte.

## 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.