Aguado Surname

11,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Aguado Surname User-submission:

Lineage of Castilian origin. Descendant of the Castilian knight Fortín Sáez, who while Fernando III "the Saint" reigned, fought against a Moor named Hamet Celin, managing to kill him. When leaving the battlefield and seeing the Sovereign arrive soaked in blood, water and mud exclaimed: "Fortin, cómo venís!" (Fortin, look at you!), answering the knight: "Victorioso, Señor y Aguado" (Victorious, Lord, and watery).

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Aguado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain22,1151:2,114254
Mexico9,2621:13,4021,233
Philippines5,3031:19,0912,303
Peru3,0011:10,5911,491
Argentina2,2471:19,0221,621
United States1,9731:183,71018,319
Colombia1,9071:25,0521,743
Venezuela8311:36,3472,071
France7641:86,94112,413
Cuba5561:20,7241,285
Brazil4891:437,78016,588
Bolivia3641:29,1662,016
Ecuador1641:96,9876,115
Nicaragua941:64,0541,574
Chile931:189,4246,093
Belgium691:166,61822,787
England571:977,51048,999
Canada501:736,91258,785
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Uruguay211:163,41713,939
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Panama131:300,9437,078
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
China21:683,660,78330,601
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Aguado (57) may also be a first name.

Aguado Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lineage of Castilian origin. Descendant of the Castilian knight Fortín Sáez, who while Fernando III "the Saint" reigned, fought against a Moor named Hamet Celin, managing to kill him. When leaving the battlefield and seeing the Sovereign arrive soaked in blood, water and mud exclaimed: "Fortin, cómo venís!" (Fortin, look at you!), answering the knight: "Victorioso, Señor y Aguado" (Victorious, Lord, and watery). Since then, this adjective has remained as first nickname and surame after. Later Fortin retired to the town of Aguilar de Campoo -Palencia- where he was natural, and married Maria Bustamante, founding a solar house in the town. He had descendants in: (2) Sancho Aguado, who married Marta de Argüello, being the parents of (3) Pedro Aguado, who passed to Aguilar de Campo. There he married Isabel Fajardo, with whom he had (4) Juan Aguado. From his link with Elvira Sánchez was born (5) Fernan Aguado, who married in Valladolid with Antonia Roman, being the parents of (6) Antonio Aguado, who accompanied King Carlos V in the Campaign of Flanders. This surname was extended throughout Castile, Asturias, Extremadura, the Basque Country and Andalusia.

- María Cristina Aguado Ramírez

Aguado Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aguado Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Aguado (Russian: Агуадо) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aguado? popularity and diffusion

The last name Aguado is the 11,307th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 146,640 people. The last name Aguado occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Aguado are found; 44 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 57 people.

Aguado is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 22,115 people, or 1 in 2,114. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Madrid, where 26 percent live, Castile and León, where 14 percent live and Castilla-La Mancha, where 10 percent live. Outside of Spain this last name is found in 67 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 11 percent live.

Aguado Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Aguado last name are 41.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.52% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Aguado earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 29.86% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,597 per year; in Colombia they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $23,382,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning $40,119 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.43% less than the national average, earning $43,508 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aguados9212/
Aguada832,646/
Agbado831,171/
Oguado8345/
Aguodo8330/
Agwado8330/
Aquado8326/
Agvado836/
Agbadou77639/
Aguodoh7745/
Agbaido7739/
Aguaida7729/
Agbaïdo7727/
Acquado7712/
Agbaudo776/
Agbaîdo776/
Aguadas775/
Agbeado771/
Agbadoo771/
Agboudo771/
Aigbado771/
Angwado771/
Agboudou71168/
Aguaidas715/
Agbaidou711/
Augwuada711/
Auguaida711/
Agbodo674,742/
Agbada672,058/
Agwada67232/
Ogbado6756/
Ogwado6752/
Aquada675/
Aguoda674/
Oguada673/
Oguodo672/
Acuada672/
Akwado672/
Akuodo671/
Akuada671/

Aguado Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aguado in the Russian language
Агуадоaguado-

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