Águila Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Águila Surname Definition:
Dweller at the sign of the eagle; one who made and sold needles.
Found principally in Navarre, Valencia, and Castile. Name of villages near Tarragona and Vitoria, and with spelling "Aguillón," a town near Zaragoza. In this form the Spanish word means eagle, and the etymology is connected with proper name "Aguilar.
Read More About This SurnameÁguila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Mexico | 30 | 1:4,137,540 | 26,679 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Aguila (87,118), Àguila (2), Aguilà (44) & Aguilá (15) are calculated separately.
Águila Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller at the sign of the eagle; one who made and sold needles.
Found principally in Navarre, Valencia, and Castile. Name of villages near Tarragona and Vitoria, and with spelling "Aguillón," a town near Zaragoza. In this form the Spanish word means eagle, and the etymology is connected with proper name "Aguilar."
"Aquila" relates to "aquilus" which means "pardo" or "oscuro," dark.
Castilian from city of Ávila from where it extended to Castile, Estremadura, Andalusia, Catalonia and America.
See also Aguiar, Aguilar and Aguilera.
Águila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Águila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Águila occurs most in Spain. It may also appear in the variant forms: Aguila, Àguila, Aguilà or Aguilá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Águila? popularity and diffusion
Águila is the 1,727,723rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Águila are found; 36 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 36 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
It is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,168,801. In Spain Águila is most frequent in: Andalusia, where 38 percent live, Madrid, where 23 percent live and Catalonia, where 20 percent live. Not including Spain it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 27 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila | 94 | 87,118 | / |
| Àguila | 94 | 2 | / |
| Aguilà | 89 | 44 | / |
| Aguilá | 89 | 15 | / |
| Áquila | 83 | 14 | / |
| Oguila | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aguilay | 77 | 136 | / |
| Haguila | 77 | 15 | / |
| Aguilea | 77 | 12 | / |
| Aguilaa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Aguilia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Aguilai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aguilah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Áquilas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aguiléa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aqguila | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haguilay | 71 | 51 | / |
| D'Aguila | 71 | 17 | / |
| Agwuilya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbuilya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aguilo | 67 | 5,815 | / |
| Aquila | 67 | 4,124 | / |
| Akuila | 67 | 297 | / |
| Aguiló | 67 | 187 | / |
| Oquila | 67 | 118 | / |
| Aguela | 67 | 77 | / |
| Agbila | 67 | 45 | / |
| Goquiolay | 67 | 25 | / |
| Agwila | 67 | 23 | / |
| Aguilò | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oguela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agvila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ocuila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogbila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acuila | 67 | 1 | / |
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