# Ugarte (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,272 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 94,360 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (2,415 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ugarte, itself borrowed from Basque uharte (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ugarte 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) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ugarte in Bolivia and Argentina.

## People named Ugarte

- Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian footballer (1926–1995)
- Manuel Ugarte, Argentine writer (1875–1951)

## 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.