Aguilar Surname

289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,856,882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Honduras

Aguilar Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a needier,' a maker of needles. 'A silver needle forth drew out of an aguiler quaint now.': Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 98. Old French aguille, a needle.

Thomas le Aguiler, Yorkshire, 1305. Writs of Parliament.

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Aguilar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico758,4621:16422
United States143,4271:2,527249
Philippines121,6351:83238
Peru107,1641:29738
Guatemala90,5111:17823
Honduras84,6141:10418
Spain62,2741:75171
Venezuela60,9281:49690
Colombia59,5631:802172
Argentina52,7231:811110
Bolivia50,9701:20827
El Salvador49,3651:12923
Ecuador33,5521:47461
Costa Rica33,3701:14332
Chile32,7371:538116
Nicaragua31,4661:19133
Cuba27,0641:42674
Panama19,4051:20235
Paraguay13,2731:545144
Brazil9,9011:21,6211,020
France3,5201:18,8702,137
Uruguay2,6151:1,312157
Canada1,6661:22,1163,031
Dominican Republic1,0251:10,178841
Portugal9251:11,263946
Belize7161:49691
Australia4401:61,3547,413
Puerto Rico3801:9,342488
England3581:155,63714,724
Germany3041:264,82128,272
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Bahrain2201:6,1301,165
Thailand2161:327,02956,393
Italy1871:327,04139,851
Belgium1771:64,95310,429
Switzerland1461:56,2537,172
Guam1361:1,177173
Taiwan851:275,8212,279
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
Guyana711:10,7361,577
Sweden681:144,80510,193
Jamaica621:46,2892,804
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Andorra511:1,644302
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
Norway411:125,42216,333
China311:44,107,1472,374
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Malta241:17,9281,021
Austria231:370,23639,193
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Aruba181:5,749789
Iceland181:21,1161,735
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Japan141:9,131,73544,780
Finland131:422,82327,659
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Israel131:658,28045,106
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Equatorial Guinea91:126,186322
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Angola81:3,373,6526,946
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
India71:109,580,769786,157
Macau71:85,947463
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Curaçao41:39,312638
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Wales41:773,63329,106
Bangladesh31:53,118,92425,950
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Laos31:2,196,1081,879
Libya31:2,081,3256,108
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3981:126,17812,177

The alternate forms: Águilar (12) & Àguilar (1) are calculated separately.

Aguilar (2,701) may also be a first name.

Aguilar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a needier,' a maker of needles. 'A silver needle forth drew out of an aguiler quaint now.': Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 98. Old French aguille, a needle.

Thomas le Aguiler, Yorkshire, 1305. Writs of Parliament.

Willium le Aguiler. History and Antiquities of York.

Lucas le Aguler, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Needle-Maker. [Middle English Old French ag(g)uiler (French aiguil- lier); Latin acutul-us, diminutive of acut-us, sharp-ac-us, a needle + the French agent, suff. -i-er, Latin -ar-is, -ar-ius]. Thomas le Aguiler.— Writs of Parl.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

One who came from Águilas in Spain.

Place of the eagles. Name of a city near Cordoba in southern Spain.

Has same origin as Aguiar and both come from a Mozarabic knight of Toledo.

See also Águila and Aguilera.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Span. ' Of the eagle.' Comp. Aquila, Eagles, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

Aguilar can also come from Latin, aquila, meaning 'eagle'.

- a1956

Aguilar means 'eagle eye'.

- aguilarj3

Aguilar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aguilar (Arabic: اغيار) occurs more in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Águilar or Àguilar. Click here for further possible spellings of Aguilar.

How Common Is The Last Name Aguilar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 289th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,925 people. The last name Aguilar is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Aguilar reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 140,925th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 2,701 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is held by 758,462 people, or 1 in 164. In Mexico Aguilar is mostly concentrated in: México, where 14 percent reside, Chiapas, where 9 percent reside and Mexico City, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Mexico Aguilar occurs in 143 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

Aguilar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Aguilar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Aguilar last name expanded 36,037 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,978 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Aguilar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Aguilar surname are 42.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.81% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Aguilar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 64.84% less than the national average, earning €10,560 per year; in Norway they earn 21.84% less than the national average, earning 270,491 kr per year; in Peru they earn 9.91% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.14% less than the national average, earning $22,444,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.19% less than the national average, earning $35,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.16% less than the national average, earning $46,128 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Aguilar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aguilar in the Arabic language
اغيارaghyar-
اغيلارaghylar-
اجيلارajylar-

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Aguilar Reference & Research

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