The Aguilera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,581 people carried this name — #1,109 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,340 people counted. That is up 46% from 21,685 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 48,606 people named Aguilera 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 302 people named Aguilera.
Most of them — 153 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Gard.
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
142 people named Aguilera live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 the Nordic population registers
61 people named Aguilera is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Aguilera in American newspapers,
1873–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,429 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aguilera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alberto Aguilera 1842–1913 · mayor -
Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa 1845–1922 · poet -
Matilde de Aguilera y Gamboa 1846–1874 · collector -
Francisco Aguilera y Egea 1857–1931 · soldier -
Gonzalo de Aguilera y Gamboa 1858–1929 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 214 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aguilera.
- Aguado 2,371 · U.S. census
- Aguero 6,402 · U.S. census
- Aguerre 179 · U.S. census
- Aguiar 8,390 · U.S. census
- Aguila 6,103 · U.S. census
- Aguilar 186,512 · 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
- Agusti 109 · U.S. census
- Ahamed 550 · U.S. census
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