The Angulo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,714 people carried this name — #2,836 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,200 people counted. That is up 37% from 9,293 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Angulo surname
From the Spanish surname, named after Encima-Angulo in Spain; said to be named after a Scottish Gaelic settler who aided in the reconquista, ultimately from an Anglo-Norman contraction of Angle.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Angulo» (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 5,335 people named Angulo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
93 people named Angulo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Angulo.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Gironde.
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 print
Angulo in American newspapers,
1898–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Angulo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrés de Angulo d. 1578 · printer -
Manuel de Mollinedo y Angulo 1626–1699 · bishop -
Isidoro de Angulo y de Agusti 1812–1854 -
Rolando Gaston Angulo Matamala d. 1974 · social worker
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Pedro Angulo 1500–1561 · Catholic priest
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Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo 1632–1700 · Latin Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Angulo.
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