How common is the surname Laguardia?

1,388 people in the United States had the surname Laguardia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laguardia?

In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Laguardia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Laguardia?

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

Where is the surname Laguardia most common?

Wikidata records people named Laguardia in the United States.

Is the surname Laguardia getting more or less common?

More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Laguardia

An Italian surname, carried by 1,388 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laguardia is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,388 people named Laguardia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.

#19,469

rank among US surnames

1,388

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,055)

Who is named Laguardia

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

65% of people named Laguardia identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laguardias

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Guardia

Surnames that sound like Laguardia

Lagarde

Laguardia has the Soundex code L263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L263.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Laguardia come from?: From Romance languages * From Spanish Laguardia, from guardia (“guard”) * From Italian Laguardia, from Sicilian La Guardia (“the guard”).
How common is the surname Laguardia?: 1,388 people in the United States had the surname Laguardia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laguardia?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Laguardia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Laguardia?: Fiorello H. La Guardia, American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City (1934–45).
Where is the surname Laguardia most common?: Wikidata records people named Laguardia in the United States.
Is the surname Laguardia getting more or less common?: More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Laguardia?: Guardia.