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The Aguero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,402 people carried this name — #5,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,100 people counted. That is up 34% from 4,776 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Aguero surname

From Spanish surname Agüero.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aguero» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 85,094 people named Aguero live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 22,276
Córdoba 12,381
Mendoza 8,310
San Juan 5,538
Tucumán 5,473
La Rioja 4,073
Catamarca 3,925
San Luis 3,560

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Aguero.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Hauts-de-Seine 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Isère 8
Nièvre 3
Paris 2
Hérault 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 2
Territoire de Belfort 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Aguero live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 13
Ticino 9
Fribourg 6
Zurich 6
Lucerne 4
Bern 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Aguero in American newspapers,
1851–1930.

Newspaper page from The Alaska Daily Empire carrying the name Aguero
The Alaska Daily Empire 1917-06-15
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Aguero
La Opinión 1930-12-12
Newspaper page from Richmond Daily Times carrying the name Aguero
Richmond Daily Times 1851-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,471 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Aguero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Brígida Agüero
    Brígida Agüero 1837–1866 · writer
  • Martín Agüero Ereño
    Martín Agüero Ereño 1902–1977 · bullfighter
  • Susana Agüero
    Susana Agüero 1944–2012 · actor
  • Bartolomé Hidalgo de Aguero 1531–1597 · surgeon
  • Manuel Agüero Ereño 1910–1990 · bullfighter
  • José Agüero Ereño 1913–1997 · bullfighter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Aguero is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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