The Aguirre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 79,517 people carried this name — #401 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,710 people counted. That is up 35% from 58,918 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Aguirre surname
From Spanish Aguirre, from Basque ageri (“prominent”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aguirre» (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 173,226 people named Aguirre 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 386 people named Aguirre.
95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
247 people named Aguirre live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
59 people named Aguirre 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
Aguirre in American newspapers,
1897–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,877 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aguirre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Pedro Aguirre 1781–1837 · military personnel -
Atanasio Aguirre 1801–1875 · politician -
Lorenzo Aguirre y Luis 1819–1903 · lawyer -
Clemente Aguirre 1828–1900 · composer -
Cleto Aguirre 1834–1889 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 260 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aguirre.
- Aguiar 8,390 · U.S. census
- Aguila 6,103 · 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
- Agus 160 · U.S. census
- Agusti 109 · U.S. census
- Ahamed 550 · U.S. census
- Ahee 214 · U.S. census
- Ahmad 16,291 · U.S. census
- Ahmadi 2,285 · U.S. census
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