The Aguila surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,103 people carried this name — #5,683 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. That is up 41% from 4,326 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Aguila surname
A surname from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Águila.
Anglicization of Spanish Águila. Also a common Filipino surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aguila» (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 3,028 people named Aguila 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 mapWhere they live today
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 175 people named Aguila.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Aguila live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
Aguila in American newspapers,
1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,940 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aguila,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bruno Aguila 1953– · film producer
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Gustavo Aguila 1960– · chess player
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Roberto Romero Aguila 1968– · politician
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Mario Soto 1974–2016 · artist
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Mario Soto 1974–2016 · artist
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Chris Aguila 1979– · baseball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aguila.
- Agron 515 · U.S. census
- Agu 464 · U.S. census
- Aguado 2,371 · U.S. census
- Aguero 6,402 · U.S. census
- Aguerre 179 · U.S. census
- Aguiar 8,390 · U.S. census
- Aguilar 186,512 · U.S. census
- Aguilera 31,581 · U.S. census
- Aguillon 3,076 · U.S. census
- Aguilo 205 · U.S. census
- Aguirre 79,517 · U.S. census
- Agus 160 · U.S. census
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