# Mogollon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mogollon/  
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) | 628 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,764 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 491,633 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (389 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˌmoʊɡəˈjoʊn/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mogollón. The culture's name derives from the Mogollon Mountains, in which they lived, which in turn were named after Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. The surname is mostly found in Venezuela.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mogollon 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) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

McClain, McLean, McWilliams, McCollum, McClendon, McLain, McLemore, McClanahan, McCallum, McClung, McClintock, Magallanes.

## 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.