Paniagua Surname

4,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125,537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Paniagua Surname Definition:

Originated in valley of Cimanes, Leon, and also found in Valencia. Derived from phrase "pan y agua" - bread and water.

Castilian name from mountains of Leon. Later in Navarre and Estremadura.

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Paniagua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico23,9401:5,185654
Dominican Republic14,5751:716129
Bolivia12,5681:845173
Argentina12,2151:3,499427
Spain11,6911:3,999495
Paraguay11,4431:632160
Costa Rica8,0241:596147
United States7,8861:45,9625,599
Colombia6,9921:6,833885
Guatemala4,4921:3,580539
El Salvador2,9441:2,155351
Peru2,5271:12,5781,695
Nicaragua2,1031:2,863407
Brazil9841:217,5558,407
Honduras6391:13,797732
Venezuela5691:53,0832,570
Philippines5391:187,82630,014
Chile5321:33,1141,745
France3681:180,49728,114
Canada761:484,81041,569
Panama551:71,1323,050
Cuba531:217,4104,483
Uruguay401:85,7948,727
Portugal381:274,16410,086
England331:1,688,42669,999
Puerto Rico231:154,3541,960
Belize201:17,7741,683
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Ecuador121:1,325,48716,904
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Austria91:946,15970,786
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Cayman Islands61:10,6491,253
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Andorra21:41,9191,654
China21:683,660,78330,601
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tuvalu11:11,188103
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Dominica11:75,891912

The alternate forms: Pañiagua (23) & Paniágua (2) are calculated separately.

Paniagua (190) may also be a first name.

Paniagua Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Originated in valley of Cimanes, Leon, and also found in Valencia. Derived from phrase "pan y agua" - bread and water.

Castilian name from mountains of Leon. Later in Navarre and Estremadura.

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

User-submitted Reference

Pan=bread, Agua=water.

- hernandogomez

Paniagua Last Name Facts

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

Paniagua (Russian: Паниагуа) occurs most in Mexico. It may be found as: Pañiagua or Paniágua. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paniagua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,475th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 58,051 people. The last name Paniagua occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Paniagua are found; 38 percent are found in South America and 19 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Paniagua is also the 659,352nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 190 people.

The last name Paniagua is most numerous in Mexico, where it is held by 23,940 people, or 1 in 5,185. In Mexico Paniagua is primarily concentrated in: Michoacán, where 18 percent are found, México, where 15 percent are found and Guanajuato, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Mexico this last name is found in 65 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 12 percent are found and Bolivia, where 10 percent are found.

Paniagua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Paniagua surname are 43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.23% being registered with the party.

The amount Paniagua earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 15.16% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,324 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.29% more than the national average, earning $27,536,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.71% less than the national average, earning $37,663 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.77% less than the national average, earning $39,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Paniagua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paniagua in the Russian language
Паниагуаpaniagua-

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