The Arguello surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,518 people carried this name — #4,160 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,600 people counted. That is up 29% from 6,585 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Arguello surname
Arguello: a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Arguello» (English) and «Argüello» (Spanish), 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 33,560 people named Arguello 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
25 people named Arguello live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 20 people named Arguello.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Moselle.
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
Arguello in American newspapers,
1906–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,675 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Arguello in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1980s.
71 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arguello. The most, 35, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.7 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arguello.
In the public record
People named Arguello,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States313 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 193
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 65
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Ernest J. ArguelloBorn 1919 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; driver from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jose ArguelloArrived at New York in 1878 aboard the France from Havre, aged 36; merchant. From San-Miguel, South America.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Anthony Charles ArguelloU.S. Navy veteran. Born 1939, died 1991; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 313 records for Arguello in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France7 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Julienne ArguelloBorn 1918 in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1986 in Auch (Gers).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Fernando Santos ArguelloBorn 1950 in Bucaramanga (Colombie); died 1990 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie ArguelloBorn 1944 in Trébons; died 1974 in Trébons (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Arguello in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arguello.
- Arevalo 23,895 · U.S. census
- Argenta 197 · U.S. census
- Argenti 267 · U.S. census
- Argento 1,221 · U.S. census
- Argo 3,808 · U.S. census
- Argot 132 · U.S. census
- Argueta 17,540 · U.S. census
- Argy 152 · U.S. census
- Aria 390 · U.S. census
- Arial 123 · U.S. census
- Arias 57,477 · U.S. census
- Aries 561 · U.S. census
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