Águila Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

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.

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Águila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Panama41:978,06412,245
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

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.

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aguila9487,118/
Àguila942/
Aguilà8944/
Aguilá8915/
Áquila8314/
Oguila831/
Aguilay77136/
Haguila7715/
Aguilea7712/
Aguilaa776/
Aguilia775/
Aguilai771/
Aguilah771/
Áquilas771/
Aguiléa771/
Aqguila771/
Haguilay7151/
D'Aguila7117/
Agwuilya711/
Ogbuilya711/
Aguilo675,815/
Aquila674,124/
Akuila67297/
Aguiló67187/
Oquila67118/
Aguela6777/
Agbila6745/
Goquiolay6725/
Agwila6723/
Aguilò673/
Oguela673/
Agvila672/
Ocuila671/
Ogwila671/
Ogbila671/
Acuila671/

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